SF0102

What it does

• Authorizes the Department of Education to enter into an agreement with a nonprofit entity to establish a program for national teaching certifications.
• Allows the program to make payments to the certification organization for up to 50% of the actual cost of receiving national certification.
• Limits certification fee payments to no more than 50% of the fee established by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards for the applicable year.
• Requires teachers or service providers to have completed at least three years of teaching in Wyoming to receive payments.
• Requires teachers or service providers to timely pay their portion of the fees and complete progress toward certification as required by the program.
• Requires teachers or service providers to agree to mentor at least one other teacher employed in Wyoming through the national certification process.
• Requires the nonprofit entity to equally match appropriated state funds and keep state and nonprofit funds separate and accounted for separately.
• Repeals specific sections of the law regarding the national certification program (W.S. 21-7-501(b) and (d)).