We also need to attract the best and brightest teachers into the classroom. There are two ways to do that. First all new teachers should be required to pass an appropriate test before entering the classroom. Second, we need to make residency requirements a thing of the past. As I did last year, I am proposing legislation to eliminate residency.
Every community deserves to have the broadest pool of qualified applicants.
Through Article 31, we have instituted accountability in our public schools. We know where we are. Now we need to take education reform to the next level. If schools aren't measuring up, the Department of Education must provide meaningful, quality intervention. That's why I will be recommending one million dollars for this purpose.