- House Committee Substitute -

HCS/SCS/SB 722 - This act permits qualified applicants to apply for a temporary administrator certificate with a school district that is willing to employ and sponsor the individual. The temporary administrative certificate is restricted to the employing public school district or accredited nonpublic school. The employing school district of the temporary administrator must develop a mentoring program to ensure that the individual eventually obtains a full administrator certificate. The temporary certificate is valid for a period of one year and may be renewed up to four subsequent times upon demonstration that the individual is making measurable progress toward obtaining a full administrator certificate. The applicant, however, must receive a full administrative certificate within five years.

The State Board of Education will be responsible for establishing standards for the implementation of the temporary certificate program. A qualified applicant is a person who: holds a teacher's license; has a master's degree or is currently enrolled in a master's degree program; and has at least five years of teaching experience in either a public school or an accredited nonpublic school.

The provisions in the act will expire in ten years.

DONALD THALHUBER