DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Professional Standards Board

Statutory Authority: 14 Delaware Code, Sections 1203 and 1205(b) (14 Del.C. §§1203 & 1205(b))

14 DE Admin. Code 1555

FINAL

ORDER

1555 Marketing Education Teacher

I. SUMMARY OF THE EVIDENCE AND INFORMATION SUBMITTED

Pursuant to 14 Del.C. §§1203 and 1205(b), the Professional Standards Board, acting in consultation and cooperation with the Delaware Department of Education ("Department"), developed amendments to 14 DE Admin. Code 1555 Marketing Education Teacher. The proposed amendments include revising Section 1.0 to specify that the Department will no longer issue a Marketing Education Teacher Standard Certificate and revising Section 9.0, which concerns recognizing past certificates that were issued by the Department.

Notice of the proposed regulation was published in the Register of Regulations on June 1, 2022. The Professional Standards Board did not receive any written submittals concerning the proposed amendments.

II. FINDINGS OF FACTS

On November 3, 2022, the Professional Standards Board voted to propose 14 DE Admin. Code 1555 Marketing Education Teacher, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A, for adoption by the Department subject to the State Board of Education's approval.

The Department finds that the proposed amendments to the regulation are necessary to implement 14 Del.C. Ch. 12 and are designed to improve the quality of the Delaware educator workforce and to improve student performance. Accordingly, the Department finds that it is appropriate to amend 14 DE Admin. Code 1555 Marketing Education Teacher.

III. DECISION TO AMEND THE REGULATION

For the foregoing reasons, the Department concludes that it is appropriate to amend 14 DE Admin. Code 1555 Marketing Education Teacher subject to the State Board of Education's approval. On November 17, 2022, the State Board of Education approved amending 14 DE Admin. Code 1555 Marketing Education Teacher. Therefore, pursuant to 14 Del.C. §§1203 and 1205(b), 14 DE Admin. Code 1555 Marketing Education Teacher, attached hereto as Exhibit A, is hereby amended.

IV. TEXT AND CITATION

The text of 14 DE Admin. Code 1555 Marketing Education Teacher adopted hereby shall be in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A and said regulation shall be cited as 14 DE Admin. Code 1555 Marketing Education Teacher in the Administrative Code of Regulations for the Department.

V. EFFECTIVE DATE OF ORDER

The effective date of this Order shall be ten days from the date this Order is published in the Register of Regulations.

IT IS SO ORDERED the 17th day of November, 2022.

Department of Education

Mark A. Holodick, Ed.D., Secretary of Education

Approved this 17th day of November, 2022.

State Board of Education

/s/ Shawn Brittingham, President	/s/ Rev. Provey Powell, Jr.
/s/ Vincent Lofink, Vice President	Wali W. Rushdan, II (Absent)
/s/ Candice Fifer	/s/ Deborah Stevens
/s/ Audrey J. Noble, Ph.D.

*Please note: Electronic signatures ("/s/") were accepted pursuant to 6 Del.C. §12A-107(d).

1555 Marketing Education Teacher

1.0 Content

1.1 This regulation shall apply to the issuance of a Standard Certificate, pursuant to 14 Del.C. §1220(a), for Marketing Education Teacher. This certification is required for grades 9 to 12, and in grades 6 to 8 in a Middle Level school.

1.2 Except as otherwise provided, the requirements set forth in 14 DE Admin. Code 1505 Standard Certificate, including any subsequent amendment or revision thereto, are incorporated herein by reference.

As of the effective date of this regulation, the Delaware Department of Education no longer issues the Marketing Education Teacher Standard Certificate. Applicants who want to become certified to teach business, finance, or marketing education in grades 5 to 12 of a Delaware public school shall meet the requirements for the issuance of a Business, Finance, or Marketing Education Teacher Standard Certificate set forth in 14 DE Admin. Code 1551 Business, Finance, or Marketing Education Teacher.

11 DE Reg. 1653 (06/01/08)

2.0 Definitions Past Certificate Recognized

2.1 The definitions set forth in 14 DE Admin. Code 1505 Standard Certificate, including any subsequent amendment or revision thereto, are incorporated herein by reference.

2.2 The following word and term, when used in this regulation, shall have the following meaning unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

"Passing Score" means a minimum score as established by the Professional Standards Board, in consultation with the Department and with the approval of the State Board of Education.

The Department shall recognize a Marketing Education Teacher Standard Certificate issued prior to the effective date of this regulation. An Educator holding such a Standard Certificate shall be considered certified to teach marketing education in grades 5 to 12 in a Delaware public school.

11 DE Reg. 1653 (06/01/08)

21 DE Reg. 328 (10/01/17)

3.0 Standard Certificate

3.1 In accordance with 14 Del.C. §1220(a), the Department shall issue a Standard Certificate as a Marketing Education Teacher to an educator who has met the following:

3.1.1 Holds a valid Delaware Initial, Continuing, or Advanced License; or a Standard or Professional Status Certificate issued by the Department prior to August 31, 2003;

3.1.2 Has met the requirements as set forth in 14 DE Admin. Code 1505 Standard Certificate, including any subsequent amendment or revision thereto; and

3.1.3 Has satisfied the additional requirements in this regulation.

8 DE Reg. 1611 (05/01/05)

11 DE Reg. 1653 (06/01/08)

16 DE Reg. 965 (03/01/13)

21 DE Reg. 328 (10/01/17)

4.0 Additional Requirements

4.1 An educator shall have also met the following:

4.1.1 achieved on the Praxis Subject Assessment - Marketing Education (ETS Test # 5561) a Passing Score of 166.

8 DE Reg. 1611 (05/01/05)

Renumbered effective 06/01/07 - see Conversion Table

11 DE Reg. 1653 (06/01/08)

16 DE Reg. 965 (03/01/13)