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Last updated on Friday, March 14, 2008
(STATEHOUSE) - Governor Daniels has vetoed his first bill of the legislative session, rejecting a proposal to loosen teacher certification requirements.
Prospective teachers get two chances to pass a competency exam to get their license. The House and Senate voted to let teachers who fail get licensed anyway if they had a B-minus average, their student teaching went well, their professors give them a letter of recommendation, and they missed passing by three points or less.
Rep. Vernon Smith (D-Gary) argues three points is within the test's margin of error, and it's unfair to insist that otherwise qualified teachers hit the cutoff exactly.
Daniels' veto message calls the exam "a test of basic knowledge that we should expect every prospective teacher to pass."
He says the bill would weaken teacher quality in Indiana by allowing less-qualified candidates in.
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