Senate Commerce Committee Statement to Senate, No. 279 — State of New Jersey (October 22, 2020)

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A Senate Commerce Committee statement to the Senate on Senate Bill No. 279, State of New Jersey, dated October 22, 2020, reporting the bill favorably. The bill revises temporary licenses and certificates for nonresident military spouses, making a temporary instructional certificate for teachers valid for 365 days instead of 180, with an extension for another four years on progress toward a standard certificate. The New Jersey Board of Nursing would no longer have to find the out-of-State license requirements equivalent, could charge only criminal history record check fees, and would set an expedited process. Temporary courtesy licenses would be extended indefinitely while the applicant's spouse is stationed in New Jersey.

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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.

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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