Bill Text - SB374 (2024)

Relative to the licensing of part-time teachers.


Revision: Nov. 20, 2023, 1:31 p.m.

 

2024 SESSION

24-2953.0

02/05

 

SENATE BILL [bill number]

 

AN ACT relative to the licensing of part-time teachers.

 

SPONSORS: [sponsors]

 

COMMITTEE: [committee]

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill defines "part-time teacher."

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

24-2953.0

02/05

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four

 

AN ACT relative to the licensing of part-time teachers.

 

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

 

1  New Section; Part-Time Teacher; Defined.  Amend RSA 189 by inserting after section 39-b the following new section:

189:39-c Part-Time Teacher; Defined.  A part-time teacher or para-professional is not required to hold a state board of education credential provided that:

I. They work less than 30 hours per week.

II. They seek a criminal history record check clearance authorization from the department of education as outlined in RSA 189:13-a prior to receiving a final offer of employment.

III.  They are subject to the code of conduct and code of ethics.

IV. Any person who has had a teaching credential, teaching license, or other teaching certification revoked under RSA 189:14-c or RSA 189:14-d, or who has been rendered ineligible to be employed as a teacher under another provision of law, shall not be eligible to teach under this section.

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