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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2014 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO EDUCATION -- QUALIFICATIONS OF TEACHER ASSISTANTS | |
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Introduced By: Senators Ciccone, Archambault, and Lombardi | |
Date Introduced: February 27, 2014 | |
Referred To: Senate Education | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Section 16-11.2-1 of the General Laws in Chapter 16-11.2 entitled |
2 | "Qualifications of Teacher Assistants" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
3 | 16-11.2-1. "Teacher assistant" defined. -- The term "teacher assistant" as used in this |
4 | chapter is deemed to include any person employed to provide instructional or other direct services |
5 | to students (and/or their parents/legal guardian) under the supervision and direction of the |
6 | classroom teacher or other appropriately-certified professional staff. The department of |
7 | elementary and secondary education shall coordinate the development of program standards for a |
8 | training program for teacher assistants. Non-certified teacher assistants and special education |
9 | teacher assistants shall not be subject to the same laws, standards, policies, procedures, and rules |
10 | that govern certified teachers. The department of elementary and secondary education shall |
11 | develop and make program standards available. |
12 | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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RELATING TO EDUCATION -- QUALIFICATIONS OF TEACHER ASSISTANTS | |
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1 | This act would provide that non-certified teacher assistants and special education teacher |
2 | assistants would not be subject to the same laws, standards, policies, procedures, and rules that |
3 | govern certified teachers. |
4 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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