June Board of Ed: amendment to educator licensure

 proposed for passage today: which you can find some things on here

over 350 comments received from a variety of people 

1) Proposed amendments to allow Initial and Professional license holders to obtain a Provisional license in special education areas and in English as a Second Language. 

2) Proposed amendments to create a new grade span, PreK-2, for two licenses: Teacher of Students with Moderate Disabilities and Teacher of Students with Severe Disabilities.

3) Proposed amendments to permit Provisional licensure applicants to meet a requirement through a demonstration of knowledge, as an alternative to meeting the requirement by taking a course or seminar. 

4) Proposed amendment to create a new Provisional license for school nurses. 

Hills: a comment, not a question
really little evidence that shortages are going to disappear in short to medium term
if there are changes that might help address some of those staff shortages, I'd be open to hearing them

passes