Senate Commerce Committee Statement to Senate, No. 279 (October 22, 2020)

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A statement of the Senate Commerce Committee to the Senate on Senate Bill No. 279 of the State of New Jersey, dated October 22, 2020. The committee reports the bill favorably. The bill revises the requirements and process for temporary courtesy licenses and certificates for nonresident military spouses. It provides that the temporary instructional certificate, now valid for 180 days, will be valid for 365 days and extended by the State board for another four years if the holder demonstrates progress toward a standard instructional certificate. It removes the Board of Nursing provision requiring a determination that an out-of-State license has equivalent requirements, and requires expedited licensing processes.

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     SENATE COMMERCE COMMITTEE

                    STATEMENT TO

                   SENATE, No. 279

 STATE OF NEW JERSEY
                    DATED: OCTOBER 22, 2020

   The Senate Commerce Committee reports favorably Senate Bill
No. 279.
   This bill revises the requirements and process for the issuance of
temporary courtesy licenses and certificates to nonresident military
spouses.
   Current law provides a process for an individual who is licensed
to teach in another state and is married to an active duty member of
the military, who has been transferred to New Jersey, to obtain a
temporary instructional certificate to be employed as a teacher in
New Jersey on a temporary basis while completing any additional
requirements for a New Jersey instructional certificate. The
temporary instructional certificate is valid for 180 days and may be
extended by the State Board of Examiners for another 180 days. This
bill amends current law to provide that the temporary instructional
certificate will be valid for 365 days and will be extended by the State
board for another four years if the holder demonstrates progress
towards obtaining a standard instructional certificate in a time and
manner as determined by the board. The bill also provides that the
applicant need only pay a criminal history record check fee.
   The bill supplements existing law to require the Department of
Education to establish procedures to expedite the processing of an
application submitted by a nonresident military spouse for a New
Jersey instructional certificate.
   Also under current law, the New Jersey Board of Nursing may
grant a temporary courtesy license to a nonresident military spouse
only if the applicant holds a current license to practice nursing in
another jurisdiction which the board determines has licensure
requirements to practice nursing that are equivalent to those adopted
by the board. This bill removes the provision that the board is
required to determine whether the out-of-State license held by the
applicant has requirements equivalent to those adopted by the board.
The bill also clarifies that the board may only charge fees related to
conducting a criminal history record check. Additionally, the bill
requires the board to establish an expedited licensing process for the
issuance of temporary courtesy licenses to nonresident military
spouses.
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   The bill would also require each board to extend indefinitely
temporary courtesy licenses to nonresident military spouses so long
as the applicant’s spouse is stationed in New Jersey.
    This bill was pre-filed for introduction in the 2020-2021 session
pending technical review. As reported, the bill includes the changes
required by technical review, which has been performed.


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