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Committee advances measures to amend Law 56-2019 and extends teacher-appointment authority
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Summary
A House education committee on June 4, 2024 advanced three education measures—two Senate bills and one House bill—and discussed rulemaking to allow the Education Department to extend certain teacher-appointment provisions in three-year increments beginning June 30, 2027.
Unidentified Representative (Speaker 1) opened a June 4, 2024 session of the House education committee and listed agenda items to amend Law 56-2019 and to consider a bill described as the Law of Extension of Teacher Appointments, which would permit provisional or transitory appointments in hard-to-recruit categories and make certain transient appointments eligible across academic units.
The committee recorded votes advancing three measures. Unidentified Speaker 2 reported that Senate Bill 1460 and Senate Bill 1409 each received 10 votes in favor, and that House Bill 1919 received nine votes in favor and one abstention. The transcript indicates the measures were acted on in committee; the record does not specify who moved or seconded the motions.
During discussion, Speaker 3 described proposed regulatory authority for the Education Department that would, beginning June 30, 2027, allow the department by regulation to extend the effect of the law’s provisions in three‑year periods without a predetermined limit, thereby preserving rights and benefits established under Law 56-2019 as amended. A committee member asked for clarification about the purpose of that regulatory extension.
Speaker 1 also identified technical staff assisting the commission: Alexis Rivera Burgos (identified as director of the commission), Melva Salgado (secretary), and José Costar. The meeting included brief procedural roll-call exchanges in which members, including references to Señora Martínez Soto, Señor Feliciano Sánchez and Señor Torres Cruz, registered vocal agreement.
The committee announced the time as 10:26 a.m. and said it would coordinate remaining morning work through the Comisión de Educación, Arte y Cultura. The record shows an informal aside by a member noting a small floor amendment could be made if agreed, but it does not provide text of any amendment or a full explanation of next steps for final passage.
The committee’s action: SB 1460 — reported 10 yes votes; SB 1409 — reported 10 yes votes; HB 1919 — reported 9 yes, 1 abstention. The transcript does not specify final enactment status beyond the committee action, nor does it provide movers, seconds, or individual vote-by-name tallies in a single, complete roll call.
