Legislature sends governor bill to reduce teacher certification requirements
The West Virginia Legislature has finished passing a bill that would allow people without education degrees to become public school teachers even if whatever degree they do have isn’t related to the subject area they plan to teach in.
The legislation now heads to Republican Gov. Jim Justice for his signature or veto.
Leaders of the Republican supermajorities that control both chambers of the state Legislature fast-tracked the bill. It wasn’t assigned to Education or any other committees in the House of Delegates, where it passed Friday with no Democratic support.
Data from the West Virginia Department of Education shows a lack of fully endorsed teachers. In one of the worst examples, there were 278 teachers this school year with at least one Geometry class on their schedule, yet 29% were not fully endorsed to teach that subject for the grade level they were teaching.
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(Huntington Herald-Dispatch)
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