What are the deadlines for teachers in becoming “Highly Qualified?
Deadlines vary. NCLB requires that all teachers of core academic subjects working in Title I schools or programs hired after the first day of the 2002-03 school year be “Highly Qualified” now. As an Ed-Flex state, school districts and charter schools could have applied for and been granted a waiver of this requirement through the end of the 2004-05 school year. Because the teacher quality waiver does not extend through the 2005-06 school year, all new teachers hired for Title I schools and programs for the 2005-06 school year must be “Highly Qualified.” Veteran teachers of core academic subjects working in Title I schools and programs and all core academic subject non-Title I teachers have until June 30, 2006, to become “Highly Qualified.
