Senate Commerce Committee Statement to Senate, No. 1104 (February 10, 2022)

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Senate Commerce Committee Statement to Senate, No. 1104, State of New Jersey, dated February 10, 2022, reporting Senate Bill No. 1104 favorably. The statement says the bill revises the requirements and process for issuing temporary courtesy licenses and certificates to nonresident military spouses. A temporary instructional certificate would be valid for 365 days and extended by the State board for another four years if the holder demonstrates progress toward a standard certificate. The bill would also require each board to extend temporary courtesy licenses indefinitely so long as the applicant's spouse is stationed in New Jersey.

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     SENATE COMMERCE COMMITTEE

                    STATEMENT TO

                  SENATE, No. 1104

 STATE OF NEW JERSEY
                   DATED: FEBRUARY 10, 2022

   The Senate Commerce Committee reports favorably Senate Bill
No. 1104.
   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.


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