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State Board adopts amendments to educator professional standards to streamline certification
Summary
The State Board voted unanimously to adopt amendments to NJAC chapter 9 (professional standards) to align regulations with recent statutes, remove certain assessment barriers, and create new certification pathways for paraprofessionals and computer-science endorsements.
The State Board of Education voted unanimously to adopt proposed amendments to New Jersey Administrative Code chapter 9, a package the department said aligns rules with recently enacted state laws and eases certification pathways for candidates.
Department presenters explained the adoption-level proposals would: remove the basic skills test as a barrier to certification; create pathways for paraprofessionals to earn a certificate of eligibility with advanced…
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