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Teacher shortage: ‘Last resort’ option for finding Montana educators drops after years of increases
February 23, 2020/
For the first time in a decade, Montana schools are using fewer emergency authorizations than the year before as small, rural schools continue to struggle finding teachers.
The state’s “last resort” option effectively allows teachers to work in a school for a year despite not being qualified to do so under state law. Its numbers have mushroomed in recent years as the state encouraged schools to use the option instead of taking an accreditation ding. In 2019-2020, it dropped to 84 compared to 94 last school year.
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