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Amend the resolve by striking out all of section 1 (page 1, lines 10 to 17 in L.D.) and inserting the following:
‘Sec. 1 World language teachers. Resolved: That the State Board of Education shall amend its rules concerning testing and certification for world language teachers to specify that a targeted need certificate held by an individual whose first language is the target language that the individual teaches may be renewed annually if the individual documents the need for an extension and is enrolled in a tutorial program to improve the individual's required basic skills in reading and writing and mathematics. The rule amendment must also specify that there is no limit on the number of times this type of certification may be renewed under these conditions. Notwithstanding the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 20-A, section 13011, subsection 9, rules amended or adopted under this section are routine technical rules pursuant to Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A.’
 
SUMMARY
This amendment replaces the provision of the resolve concerning modern and classical language teachers. It requires the State Board of Education to adopt routine technical rules concerning testing and certification for world language teachers to allow an individual whose first language is the target language that the individual teaches to renew that individual's targeted need certificate annually upon meeting certain requirements and to specify there is no limit on the number of times the certificate may be renewed under those conditions.
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED
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