Charter school teacher license bill advances, but nobody seems happy with it

A watered-down bill aimed at reducing the number of unlicensed teachers employed by Nevada charter schools passed another legislative step Wednesday, but even the lawmakers in support of the bill seem unenthused.

Assembly Bill 109 passed the Senate Education Committee on a party line vote. The bill originally would have required charter schools to only hire licensed teachers, bringing charter schools to the same standard school districts are held to. But the bill was amended by the Assembly Education Committee in March to require that 80% of teachers at charter schools be licensed — a modest increase from the 70% standard currently in statute.

The amended version of AB109 passed the full Assembly 31-9 on April 16.

Two Democrats on the Senate Education Committee Wednesday expressed their dissatisfaction with the amendment.

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