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Bennett Intends to Change Licensing Standards for Educators

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The defeated State Superintendent of Education intends to push through with controversial changes in the licensing standards for school educational professionals. The Indiana State Board of Education, currently chaired by Tony Bennett, is scheduled to meet tomorrow in Indianapolis to vote on final approval of the second stage of changes to the state rules for educator preparation and accountability or REPA II. Among other provisions, REPA II, as currently worded, would eliminate the requirement for principals to have a master’s degree, allow people without a teaching degree to get a renewable so-called Adjunct Teacher Permit, permit teachers to expand their teaching content fields without going through formal training, allow school districts to hire people without teaching licenses to teach under renewable emergency permits, and base teaching license renewals on evaluations of teacher effectiveness rather than, as currently, on professional development. The Indiana State Teachers association put out a news release this afternoons, joining educators, parents, the public and state newspaper editors in asking current superintendent Bennett to suspend finalization of REPA II until the new superintendent assumes office. Today, Joe Crawford, WFHB Assistant News Director, spoke to Superintendent-elect Glenda Ritz about this issue.

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