To be eligible to be admitted and hired as a teaching resident under the program, an individual shall not hold a level one, two or three-A teaching license and shall:

1. A. be in the final year of a department-approved undergraduate teacher preparation program; or
2. B. hold a bachelor's degree, be a professional from outside the field of education and have strong content knowledge or a record of achievement.

History: Laws 2020, ch. 25, § 5; 2022, ch. 17, § 3.

ANNOTATIONS

The 2022 amendment, effective May 18, 2022, clarified that candidates shall not hold a level one, two, or three-A teaching license, and provided that eligible candidates for a teacher residency may include undergraduate seniors who are in the final year of a department-approved teacher preparation program; in the introductory clause, after "an individual", deleted "must" and added "shall not hold a level one, two or three-A teaching license and shall"; added a new Subsection A and redesignated former Subsection A as Subsection B; and deleted former Subsection C.