AB 72

Under the bill, the requirement that applicants for certain initial teaching

licenses pass the Foundations of Reading test does not apply to applications for

initial teaching licenses received by the Department of Public Instruction beginning

on the date the bill becomes law and ending on the date the national emergency

declared by the U.S. president in response to the 2019 novel coronavirus terminates

or December 31, 2021, whichever is earlier. Under current law, DPI may not issue

a license to an applicant for an initial license to teach grades kindergarten to five,

an initial license to teach special education, an initial license as a reading teacher,

or an initial license as a reading specialist unless the applicant passes the

Foundations of Reading test.