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| 5 | 5 | | 2025 -- H 5602 |
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| 7 | 7 | | LC001725 |
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| 9 | 9 | | S T A T E O F R H O D E I S L A N D |
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| 10 | 10 | | IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 11 | 11 | | JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2025 |
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| 12 | 12 | | ____________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | A N A C T |
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| 15 | 15 | | RELATING TO EDUCATION -- CERTIFICATION OF TEACHERS |
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| 16 | 16 | | Introduced By: Representative William W. O'Brien |
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| 17 | 17 | | Date Introduced: February 26, 2025 |
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| 18 | 18 | | Referred To: House Education |
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| 21 | 21 | | It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: |
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| 22 | 22 | | SECTION 1. Section 16-11-1 of the General Laws in Chapter 16-11 entitled "Certification 1 |
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| 23 | 23 | | of Teachers [See Title 16 Chapter 97 — The Rhode Island Board of Education Act]" is hereby 2 |
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| 24 | 24 | | amended to read as follows: 3 |
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| 25 | 25 | | 16-11-1. Certification of public school teachers required — Deductions from state aid 4 |
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| 26 | 26 | | for noncompliance. 5 |
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| 27 | 27 | | No person shall be employed to teach, as principal or assistant, in any school supported 6 |
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| 28 | 28 | | wholly or in part by public money unless the person shall have a certificate of qualification issued 7 |
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| 29 | 29 | | by or under the authority of the board of regents for elementary and secondary education. Provided, 8 |
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| 30 | 30 | | however, that any person who is employed as a part time speech and language pathologist at the 9 |
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| 31 | 31 | | Rhode Island School for the Deaf, for a period of not less than ten (10) years prior to July 11, 1990, 10 |
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| 32 | 32 | | shall not be required to have a certificate of qualification, and shall be exempt from the provisions 11 |
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| 33 | 33 | | of this section which require the certificate. Provided, further, however, that any person who is 12 |
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| 34 | 34 | | employed as a physical education teacher shall not by required to have a certification in adaptive 13 |
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| 35 | 35 | | physical education, unless they were hired after July 1, 2025. In case any city or town shall pay or 14 |
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| 36 | 36 | | cause to be paid any of the public money to any person for teaching who did not, at the time of 15 |
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| 37 | 37 | | teaching, hold a certificate, then the department of elementary and secondary education shall deduct 16 |
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| 38 | 38 | | a sum equal to the amount so paid from the amount of the state’s money due, or which may 17 |
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| 39 | 39 | | thereafter become due, to the city or town, before giving his or her order in favor of the city or town 18 |
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| 40 | 40 | | for any of the public money under the provisions of §§ 16-1-10, 16-1-11, and 16-5-22. 19 |
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| 44 | 44 | | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. 1 |
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| 51 | 51 | | EXPLANATION |
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| 52 | 52 | | BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL |
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| 53 | 53 | | OF |
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| 54 | 54 | | A N A C T |
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| 55 | 55 | | RELATING TO EDUCATION -- CERTIFICATION OF TEACHERS |
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| 56 | 56 | | *** |
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| 57 | 57 | | This act would eliminate any requirement that any person who is employed as a physical 1 |
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| 58 | 58 | | education teacher not be required to have a certification in adaptive physical education, unless they 2 |
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| 59 | 59 | | were hired after July 1, 2025. 3 |
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| 60 | 60 | | This act would take effect upon passage. 4 |
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