Revises provisions relating to the licensure of teachers and other educational personnel. (BDR 34-337)

AN ACT relating to education; revising provisions governing the membership of the Commission on Professional Standards in Education; eliminating the special qualifications license to teach; revising provisions relating to the granting of additional licenses to teachers; revising provisions relating to applications for a license to be a teacher or other educational personnel; authorizing the Department of Education to require annual background checks of employees who have access to certain confidential information; revising provisions relating to the notification of employees whose licenses are near expiration; revising provisions governing the disclosure of certain information about licensed personnel; revising provisions related to the suspension or revocation of a license of any teacher, administrator or other licensed employee; establishing provisions relating to hearings conducted by the State Board of Education; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.