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§13019-G
Title 20-A: EDUCATION
Part 6: TEACHERS
Chapter 502: CREDENTIALING OF EDUCATIONAL PERSONNEL
§13019-I

§13019-H. Educational technician certificate

1.  Requirement.  An educational technician certificate is required for employment as an educational technician at a public school or a private school approved for attendance purposes pursuant to section 2901, subsection 2, paragraph B, if the employed individual will:  
A. Introduce new learning plans developed in consultation with the classroom teacher or appropriate content specialist; and   [PL 2017, c. 235, §25 (NEW); PL 2017, c. 235, §41 (AFF).]
B. Supervise small groups of students in community-based programs.   [PL 2017, c. 235, §25 (NEW); PL 2017, c. 235, §41 (AFF).]
[PL 2017, c. 235, §25 (NEW); PL 2017, c. 235, §41 (AFF).]
2.  Qualifications.  The state board shall adopt rules establishing the qualifications and supervision for an educational technician certificate.  
[PL 2017, c. 235, §25 (NEW); PL 2017, c. 235, §41 (AFF).]
3.  Certificate renewal.  An educational technician certificate is issued for a 5-year period and may be renewed in accordance with state board rules, which must require, at a minimum, that the educational technician, whether employed or unemployed, complete at least 3 semester hours of professional or academic study or the equivalent or in-service training designed to improve the performance of the educational technician in the field.  
[PL 2017, c. 235, §25 (NEW); PL 2017, c. 235, §41 (AFF).]
4.  Emergency educational technician certificate.  The commissioner may issue an emergency certificate pursuant to this section to an applicant who has submitted to a criminal history background check and has successfully completed a program in this State approved for targeting essential skills and knowledge for performing permitted responsibilities. A certificate issued pursuant to this subsection is issued for a 5-year period.  
[PL 2021, c. 228, §5 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 2017, c. 235, §25 (NEW). PL 2017, c. 235, §41 (AFF). PL 2021, c. 228, §5 (AMD).
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