PROGRAMS AND ALL INDIVIDUALS HOLDING AN EARLY CHILDHOOD
CERTIFICATE UNDER 22 PA. CODE ยง 49.85(B)(1) THAT AN INDIVIDUAL
HOLDING OR SEEKING AN EARLY CHILDHOOD CERTIFICATE MAY, BY
ATTAINING QUALIFYING SCORES ON THE ASSESSMENT MADE AVAILABLE BY
THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, EXTEND THE GRADE SPAN FOR THE
INDIVIDUAL'S EARLY CHILDHOOD CERTIFICATE TO INCLUDE GRADES FIVE
AND SIX AND INCLUDE AND MAINTAIN NOTICE OF THE AVAILABILITY OF
THE ASSESSMENT ON THE PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE INTERNET WEBSITE OF
THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION WITH OTHER INFORMATION DESCRIBING
CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.
(II) CREATE A NOTIFICATION FORM TO INFORM AN INDIVIDUAL
SEEKING AN EARLY CHILDHOOD CERTIFICATE AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE
OF THIS SUBSECTION THAT THE INDIVIDUAL MAY, BY ATTAINING
QUALIFYING SCORES ON THE ASSESSMENT MADE AVAILABLE BY THE
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION , EXTEND THE GRADE SPAN FOR THE
INDIVIDUAL'S EARLY CHILDHOOD CERTIFICATE TO INCLUDE GRADES FIVE
AND SIX. A TEACHER PREPARATION PROGRAM SHALL PROVIDE THE FORM TO
ALL INDIVIDUALS SEEKING AN EARLY CHILDHOOD CERTIFICATION.
(2) BY MARCH 1, 2019, AND BY MARCH 1 OF EACH YEAR
THEREAFTER, ISSUE A REPORT TO THE EDUCATION COMMITTEE OF THE
SENATE, THE EDUCATION COMMITTEE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
AND THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION AND POST THE REPORT ON THE
PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE INTERNET WEBSITE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF
EDUCATION THAT INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING:
(I) THE NUMBER OF INSTRUCTIONAL I CERTIFICATES ISSUED, IN
TOTAL AND SUBDIVIDED BY FIELD OF CERTIFICATION AND TEACHER
PREPARATION PROGRAM FOR EACH YEAR BEGINNING IN 2010. THIS SHALL
INCLUDE CERTIFICATES ISSUED RECIPROCALLY FOR OUT-OF-STATE
TEACHER PREPARATION PROGRAMS.
(II) THE NUMBER OF INSTRUCTIONAL II CERTIFICATES ISSUED, IN
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