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State education and medical board leaders outline licensing counts, staffing strains and cash shortfalls during HB 59 review
Summary
Paul Craft (State Superintendent) and Stephanie Luca (Executive Director, State Medical Board) testified on House Bill 59 and outlined license counts, administrative processes, fees and strains on staffing and budgets; the Medical Board reported cash balance declines (about $8M → $5.5M) and forecasts to seek fee increases in the next General Assembly.
State officials testified at an informal committee hearing on House Bill 59, an occupational licensing review, describing the volume of credentials, application processes and operational pressures across education and medical licensing.
Paul Craft, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, walked the committee through roughly two dozen educator licenses administered by the State Board of Education, citing counts and fees for several categories: 47,783 educational aides, 188,614 professional teachers, 63,981 pupil-activity permits, and a 7,020 career-technical workforce development educator pool. Craft described application…
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