SB 6388-S - DIGEST
(DIGEST AS ENACTED)

Requires a person: (1) Working as a paraeducator for a school district before or during the 2017-2018 school year, to meet minimum employment requirements by the date of hire for the 2019-2020 school year or any subsequent school year; or

(2) Who has not previously worked as a paraeducator for a school district, to meet those requirements by the date of hire for the 2018-2019 school year or any subsequent school year.

Requires a school district: (1) That does not receive funding under Title I of the federal elementary and secondary education act of 1965, to report the following, to the paraeducator board, about paraeducators hired by the district for the 2018-2019 school year, as of September 1, 2018: The total number of paraeducators and the number who meet the minimum employment requirements; and

(2) To provide the required fundamental course of study, by September 1, 2020, for paraeducators hired for the 2018-2019 school year, and by September 1, 2021, for paraeducators not hired for the 2018-2019 school year, but hired for the 2019-2020 school year.