Bill Text: NJ S3523 | 2024-2025 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Directs State Board of Education to authorize general science endorsement.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-06-28 - Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee [S3523 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2024-S3523-Introduced.html
Sponsored by:
Senator NELLIE POU
District 35 (Bergen and Passaic)
SYNOPSIS
Directs State Board of Education to authorize general science endorsement.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning teacher certification and supplementing chapter 26 of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. a. The State Board of Education shall authorize a general science endorsement to the instructional certificate. The endorsement shall entitle the holder to teach a biological science, chemistry, earth science, physical science, or physics course in grades nine through 12. The State board shall establish appropriate requirements for the endorsement that provide a teacher with the special knowledge and skills necessary to work with students in these grades.
b. Teachers holding a biological science, chemistry, earth science, physical science, or physics endorsement prior to the establishment of the general science endorsement pursuant to subsection a. of this section may, upon application to the State Board of Examiners subject to requirements to be established by the board, be issued the general science endorsement pursuant to subsection a. of this section.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill directs the State Board of Education to authorize the issuance of a general science endorsement to the instructional certificate. The endorsement authorizes the holder to teach a biological science, chemistry, earth science, physical science, or physics course in grades nine through 12. The bill requires the State board to establish appropriate requirements for the endorsement that provide a teacher with the special knowledge and skills necessary to work with students in these grades.
The bill permits teachers holding a biological science, chemistry, earth science, physical science, or physics endorsement prior to the establishment of the general science endorsement, upon application to the State Board of Examiners, to be issued the general science endorsement established by the bill.
