3333.049 Report on quality of institutions for preparation of teachers. - Ohio Statutes

3333.049 Report on quality of institutions for preparation of teachers.

The chancellor of the Ohio board of regents, in collaboration with the state board of education, shall issue an annual report on the quality of institutions approved for the preparation of teachers pursuant to section 3333.048 of the Revised Code. The chancellor shall prepare the report in collaboration with the state board and the teacher quality partnership and shall use data collected by the partnership and other educational agencies as the basis for the information contained in the report. The report shall include at least the following information:

(A) Identification of best practices in the preparation of teachers drawn from research conducted by the teacher quality partnership and other regional and national educational research efforts;

(B) A plan for implementing best practices in approved teacher preparation institutions;

(C) The number of graduates of approved teacher preparation institutions who graduated with a subject area specialty and teach grades seven through twelve. The number shall be disaggregated according to the subject areas of mathematics, science, foreign language, special education and related services, and any other subject area determined by the chancellor.

(D) A plan to be implemented by the teacher preparation programs approved by the chancellor under section 3333.048 of the Revised Code for increasing the number of classroom teachers in science, mathematics, and foreign language toward meeting the identified needs for teachers in those subject areas throughout the state but especially in hard-to-staff schools.

The chancellor shall submit the report to the governor, the speaker and minority leader of the house of representatives, the president and minority leader of the senate, the chairpersons and ranking minority members of the standing committees of the house of representatives and the senate that consider education legislation, and the state board .

Renumbered from §3319.233 and amended by 128th General Assembly File No. 9, HB 1, § 101.01, eff. 10/16/2009.

Effective Date: 04-04-2007