H.B. 6

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EDUCATOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
2 REQUIREMENTS
3 1999 GENERAL SESSION
4 STATE OF UTAH
5 Sponsor: Richard M. Siddoway
6 AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC EDUCATION; PROVIDING THAT EDUCATORS
7 PARTICIPATE IN PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES IN ACCORDANCE
8 WITH RULES ADOPTED BY THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION IN ORDER TO
9 MAINTAIN THEIR STANDARD CERTIFICATES.
10 This act affects sections of Utah Code Annotated 1953 as follows:
11 AMENDS:
12 53A-6-102, as enacted by Chapter 2, Laws of Utah 1988
13 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
14 Section 1. Section 53A-6-102 is amended to read:
15 53A-6-102. Standard certificates -- Period of validity.
16 (1) Unless revoked for cause by the State Board of Education, [an initial] a standard
17 certificate is valid if the certificate holder verifies, in accordance with rules of the board,
18 participation in professional development activities and at least three years of educational
19 employment [of at least three years] during each succeeding five-year interval.
20 (2) The board shall establish minimum requirements for recertification of persons who are
21 unable to qualify under Subsection (1).




Legislative Review Note
as of 11-19-98 12:21 PM

A limited legal review of this legislation raises no obvious constitutional or statutory concerns.

Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel

Committee Note

The Education Interim Committee recommended this bill.