Rules Clarify Changes On Teacher, Paraprofessional Qualifications

The Department of Education sought last week to clarify new federal requirements on teachers and paraprofessionals, an aspect of last year's federal education law that has had state and...

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Correction: 
This story should have said that any teacher who is hired after the first day of the 2002-03 school year in a core academic subject and whose salary is supported with Title I money - whether in a targeted-assistance program or in a school where Title I is used for a schoolwide program - must meet new teacher qualification requirements. All teachers hired on or before the first day of this school year in such schools have until the 2005-06 school year to meet these requirements under the "No Child Left Behind" Act of 2001. The story also should have said that if a teacher has had certification or licensure requirements waived on an emergency, temporary, or provisional basis, the teacher would not meet the new qualification requirements.

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