Out-of-state teacher licensing compromise reached in N.C.
Tuesday, November 29th, 2005
By Chris Fitzsimon
By GARY D. ROBERTSON
Associated Press Writer
RALEIGH, N.C. — Legislators and state education leaders reached an agreement Monday over how to ease teacher licensing rules and allow local schools to hire more out-of-state candidates.
A 26-member panel of lawmakers, teachers and administrators agreed to recommend making it easier for teachers with less than three years of experience to receive permanent licenses as long as they earn positive evaluations from supervisors.
"It provides us with a strong policy that emphasizes continuously a standard for new teachers," State Board of Education chairman Howard Lee said in an interview. "I think it’s a good compromise."
The compromise grew out of a fight between legislators and Gov. Mike Easley’s administration over teacher licensing standards.
The Legislature this summer overwhelmingly approved changes to the licensing procedures that school districts and local administrators argued had created too much red tape and discouraged teachers to come to North Carolina. That made it difficult for local schools to fill at least 9,000 teacher vacancies annually. (more…)
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