by Nicole Piscitani • Oct. 16, 2024
Senate Bill (SB) 168’s main objective was to provide school districts flexibility and improve local control on various areas within education law. From its inception, the bill was known as the Education Deregulation Bill. One area that received multiple modifications was teacher licensure and evaluations.
Teacher licensure has been tweaked and changed several times over the past few years. In June 2023, the biennial budget changed grade bands. During the pandemic, substitute teacher laws were changed to provide school districts…