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Bills · 2021-2022 Regular Session

SB 114

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Relating to: waiving the Foundations of Reading test licensure requirement during a national health emergency declared in response to COVID-19.

Literacy Public health Public instruction department of Teacher — Certificate

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Senate, not reached
  3. Passes Assembly, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

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.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Bewley (D) , Carpenter (D) , Johnson (D) , Kooyenga (R) , L. Taylor (D) , Larson (D) , Ringhand (D) , Smith (D) , Wirch (D)

24 cosponsors

Anderson (D) , Andraca (D) , Baldeh (D) , Billings (D) , Bowen (D) , Conley (D) , Considine (D) , Drake (D) , Emerson (D) , Goyke (D) , Hebl (D) , Hesselbein (D) , L. Myers (D) , Neubauer (D) , Ohnstad (D) , Pope (D) , S. Rodriguez (D) , Shankland (D) , Shelton (D) , Sinicki (D) , Stubbs (D) , Subeck (D) , Tranel (R) , Vruwink (D)

Full history

  1. Feb 18, 2021 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Larson, Kooyenga, L. Taylor, Johnson, Smith, Carpenter, Bewley, Wirch and Ringhand; cosponsored by Representatives L. Myers, Tranel, Bowen, Pope, Hebl, Vruwink, Emerson, Baldeh, Sinicki, Considine, Billings, Stubbs, Conley, Ohnstad, Neubauer, Goyke, Anderson, Shankland, Shelton, Hesselbein, S. Rodriguez, Subeck, Drake and Andraca

  2. Feb 18, 2021 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Insurance, Licensing and Forestry

  3. Mar 17, 2021 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  4. Mar 24, 2021 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Larson

  5. Mar 15, 2022 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1