00                            HOUSE BILL NO. 136                                                                          
01 "An Act allowing persons to teach in the public schools for up to five months without a                                 
02 teaching certificate if the person has applied for a certificate and the application has not                            
03 been acted upon by the Department of Education and Early Development; and                                               
04 providing for an effective date."                                                                                       
05 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
06    * Section 1.  AS 14.20.010 is amended to read:                                                                     
07            Sec. 14.20.010.  Teacher certificate required.  A person may not be                                        
08       employed as a teacher in the public schools of the state unless that person possesses a                           
09       valid teacher certificate except that a person who has made application to the                                    
10       department for a teacher certificate, including a preliminary teacher certificate under                           
11       AS 14.20.015, or renewal of a teacher certificate that has not been acted upon by the                             
12       department may be employed as a teacher in the public schools of the state until the                              
13       department has taken action on the application, but in no case may employment                                     
14       without a certificate last longer than five [THREE] months.                                                   

01    * Sec. 2.  This Act takes effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c).