DIGEST OF SB22 (Updated March 6, 2008 2:27 pm - DI 84)
Teacher licensing. Specifies that an applicant for a substitute teacher's license is not required to receive CPR and Heimlich maneuver training. Requires the department of education to grant an initial practitioner's license for a specific subject area in middle school or high school to an applicant who has earned a postgraduate degree from a regionally accredited postsecondary educational institution in the subject area, has experience teaching students in a middle school, high school, or college setting, and complies with certain requirements for licensure. Allows an individual licensed through the process to be hired to teach in high school, or in middle school in a shortage area designated by the state board of education. Requires the individual to comply with certain requirements to renew a license or to obtain a proficient practitioner's license.
