A specific provision should be created for hiring and retaining teachers in isolated schools within rural districts. These funds should flow directly to the district from the department for full assistance. Creating a Substitute Support for Schools program. By training substitute teachers in instructional module programs, they can go into a school and actually teach, while regular classroom teachers receive on-going training and professional development assistance. B. Certification of Educators 1.
Rural schools strive to hire qualified teachers with multiple certificates.
Hiring practices, teachers' standards and certification issues are local and state level decisions. The federal government should not legislate mandates on the issue of certification. School Construction and Facilities Legislation Capital improvements and deferred or delayed maintenance are significant issues for K-12 schools. The Department of Education estmates America will need more than 6,000 new schools in the next 10 years. Congress is currently looking at ways for the federal government to assist school districts with these problems.