Senate Commerce Committee Statement to Senate, No. 1104 — State of New Jersey (February 10, 2022)

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A Senate Commerce Committee statement to the Senate on Senate Bill No. 1104, State of New Jersey, dated February 10, 2022, reporting the bill favorably. The bill revises the issuance of temporary courtesy licenses and certificates to nonresident military spouses. It makes the temporary instructional certificate for teachers valid for 365 days, rather than 180 days, with an extension for another four years if the holder shows progress toward a standard certificate, and requires the Department of Education to expedite applications. For the New Jersey Board of Nursing, it removes the equivalence finding on out-of-State licenses, limits fees to criminal history record checks and requires an expedited licensing process.

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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.

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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