HB 354  - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2025 SESSION

25-0401

02/06

 

HOUSE BILL 354

 

AN ACT relative to alternate certification pathways for career and technical education instructors.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Ladd, Graf. 5; Rep. Cordelli, Carr. 7; Rep. Noble, Hills. 2; Rep. Cornell, Hills. 22; Rep. Leishman, Hills. 33; Sen. Watters, Dist 4; Sen. Pearl, Dist 17; Sen. Ward, Dist 8; Sen. Lang, Dist 2

 

COMMITTEE: Education Policy and Administration

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill permits the board of education to offer a certificate of eligibility to individuals interested in becoming career and technical educators in identified specialty areas.

 

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

25-0401

02/06

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Five

 

AN ACT relative to alternate certification pathways for career and technical education instructors.

 

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

 

1  New Subparagraph; Department of Education; Rulemaking.  Amend RSA 21-N:9, I(s) by inserting after subparagraph (4) the following new subparagraph:

(5) A candidate for a career and technical (CTE) specialty area license under RSA 188-E may substitute the following in lieu of a nationally recognized test of academic proficiency or a comparable out-of-state test as determined by the state board of education:

(A) Three years of professional paid full-time experience in the area for which the license is sought; and

(B)  A current industry-recognized credential approved by the department in a published list of acceptable credentials appropriate to the CTE area in which a license is sought.

2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.