HLS 16RS-441 ORIGINAL
2016 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 217
BY REPRESENTATIVE HOFFMANN
TEACHERS/CERTIFICATION: Provides for the granting of educational leadership
certification by the State Bd. of Elementary and Secondary Education
1 AN ACT
2To enact R.S. 17:429, relative to educational leadership certification; to provide for the
3 qualifications for educational leadership certification; to require that an individual
4 who meets the qualifications shall be granted an educational leadership certificate
5 by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education for employment as a
6 supervisor, director, or coordinator of special education; and to provide for related
7 matters.
8Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
9 Section 1. R.S. 17:429 is hereby enacted to read as follows:
10 ยง429. Educational leadership certification; qualifications
11 The State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education shall grant an
12 individual who meets all of the following criteria an educational leadership
13 certificate indicating eligibility for employment as a supervisor, director, or
14 coordinator of special education for a public school system:
15 (1) Has completed a graduate degree program in education from a regionally
16 accredited institution of postsecondary education.
17 (2) Has completed at least two hundred forty hours of leadership experiences
18 at the school or district level as defined by the State Board of Elementary and
19 Secondary Education pursuant to rules and regulations.
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HB NO. 217
1 (3) Has achieved a passing score on the School Leaders Licensure
2 Assessment or other equivalent assessment as determined by the State Board of
3 Elementary and Secondary Education pursuant to rules and regulations.
4 (4) Holds a valid Louisiana ancillary teaching certificate.
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 217 Original 2016 Regular Session Hoffmann
Abstract: Provides for the granting of educational leadership certification by the State Bd.
of Elementary and Secondary Education.
Proposed law provides that a person who meets all of the following criteria shall be granted
an educational leadership certificate by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary
Education (BESE) indicating eligibility for employment as a supervisor, director, or
coordinator of special education for a public school system:
(1)Has completed a graduate degree program in education from a regionally accredited
institution of postsecondary education.
(2)Has completed at least 240 hours of leadership experiences at the school or district
level as defined by BESE.
(3)Has achieved a passing score on the School Leaders Licensure Assessment or
equivalent as determined by BESE.
(4)Holds a valid La. ancillary teaching certificate.
(Adds R.S. 17:429)
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
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