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EXPLANATION: Teacher Certification Exemption for middle-level education.
Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part IB, Section 1,
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, page 367, after line 9, by adding an
appropriately numbered paragraph to read:
/(SDE: Teacher Certification Exemption) For the current
fiscal year, a teacher certified at the secondary level may
teach such courses at the middle grades level without having the
add on certification for middle-level education. Districts must
report to the Department of Education and the Center for
Educator Recruitment Retention and Advancement on the teachers
and courses that utilize this exemption./
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend totals and titles to conform.