26RS HB 759

House Bill 759

Actions

Last Action	02/25/26: to Committee on Committees (H)
Title	AN ACT relating to teacher certification.
Bill Documents	Introduced
Bill Request Number	1662
Sponsor	J. Payne
Summary of Original Version	Amend KRS 161.048 to modify and reestablish alternative teacher certification options as alternative routes; establish the eligibility requirements of alternative routes; delete Option 2 certification; establish a route for current professional certificate holders to expand certification and the eligibility requirements; require the Education Professional Standards Board to maintain and publish a list of academic majors, academic minors, and graduate degree academic content areas and the corresponding areas for which they shall satisfy certification requirements; make current professional certificate holders eligible to expand certification through any alternative route; require holders of professional certificates under specific routes complete training requirements to be eligible for the first renewal of the certificate; provide that the Education Professional Standards Board may require a passing score on a professional skills assessment; amend KRS 161.032 and 164.757 to conform; repeal KRS 161.049.
Index Headings of Original Version	Boards And Commissions - Education Professional Standards Board, teacher certification alternative routes, reestablishment Education, Elementary And Secondary - Teacher certification alternative routes, reestablishment Education, Elementary And Secondary - Teacher certification alternative routes, renewal requirements, establishment Education, Vocational - Teacher certification alternative routes, reestablishment Teachers - Certification alternative routes, reestablishment Teachers - Teacher certification alternative routes, renewal requirements, establishment