Teacher Standards and Practices Commission

465 Commercial Street NE

Salem OR  97301

 

November 4-5, 2010

 

ITEM:

 

 

THE NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND ALTERNATIVE ROUTE TEACHING LICENSE

 

ACTION:

 

 

ACTION ITEM

RECOMMENDATION:

The Executive Director recommends adoption of the following resolution(s):

 

RESOLVED, that following rules are referred to hearing for amendment and repeal.

 

RESOLVED FURTHER, that the following rule actions are filed immediately as temporary rules.

 

RESOLVED FURTHER, that all holders of the NCLB Alternative Route Teaching Licenses and their districts are notified that the Commission is required to repeal the license and that effective immediately, holders of this license no longer meet the federal definition of “highly qualified.”

 

RESOLVED FURTHER, that all current holders of the NCLB Alternative Route Teaching License will have their license converted to the equivalent Restricted Transitional Teaching License.

 

INFORMATION:

 

 

On September 27, 2010, the Ninth Circuit invalidated a federal regulation (the federal version of an Oregon administrative rule) that required states to allow persons making satisfactory progress toward completion of a full certification program through an alternative route to be “highly qualified” under federal law.

 

As a result of the regulation, Oregon was required to show that we allowed alternative route candidates who might otherwise meet the definition of “highly qualified” to be recognized as highly qualified.

 

See agenda item 2.16a for more information on the court case.

 

Please see agenda item 2.16b for the rules proposed for repeal or amendment.