Delaware General Assembly

Signed 6/30/16

The General Assembly has ended, the current status is the final status.

6/7/16

Sokola

Rep. Jaques

Sen. Poore
Reps. Briggs King, Kenton, Potter

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO EDUCATOR LICENSURE AND CERTIFICATION.

This Act amends Title 14, Chapter 12, Subchapter II. of the Delaware Code, creating a four-tiered licensure structure for Delaware educators. Through Senate Bill 51, the State of Delaware has significantly improved educator preparation in Delaware. This Act will continue this critical work and will have positive impacts across the entire educator effectiveness continuum. The revisions include: 1) Creating a one-year "Provisional" License for applicants who have not met the performance assessment requirement; 2) Redefining the length of time an educator is considered to be a "novice," from a three-year time period to a four-year time period; 3) Expanding the mentoring program for novice educators, thus strengthening the support provided to Delaware’s early career educators; 4) Ensuring Delaware’s school districts and charter schools can continue to hire high-quality out-of-state candidates and support them as they meet performance assessment requirements in their first year of teaching; and 5) Requiring the completion of an impact study designed to assess the correlation between the aforementioned revisions and the State’s ongoing efforts to elevate the profession, improve educator preparation, and increase student growth and achievement.

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