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Asked & Answered
Mike Mertens, AAEA Assistant Executive Director
The question was, "I have an assistant principal who was participating in the BAI program. She will now be a first-year principal. Do we need to send her to BAI training again?" The answer is "no," she is not required to go through the first year of the BA program again.
A first-year administrator with no prior experience as an administrator is required to receive mentoring/induction support for his or her first three years of employment. The Beginning Administrator Induction (BAI) and first year of mentoring support are provided in partnership with the DESE and the AAEA. Upon hiring new administrators, school districts must register the following:
• First-year administrators (excluding superintendents):
◦ Principal
◦ Assistant Principal
◦ Curriculum Administrator
◦ Special Education Administrator
• Administrators from out-of-state with previous experience; and administrators returning to the profession
Regarding the second and third years of the program, beginning administrators in years 2-3 do not need to register for the induction program. These individuals will continue to be supported through DESE, AAEA, the education service cooperatives, and their school districts, but their training requirements have been met.
Read Commissioner's Memo LIC-23-012 for more details.
CORRECTION: Last month's Asked and Answered reported that Acts of the 2023 Legislative Session without an emergency clause would become law on July 30. A recent AG opinion, 2023-031, stated that the 90-day window after the sine die adjournment date of May 1 starts on May 2 (the first full day after final adjournment) and would conclude on Sunday, July 30, 2023. But since Sunday is not a day on which referenda petitions can be filed, the deadline extends to the next business day: Monday, July 31, 2023. Thus, acts without an emergency clause or a specified effective date become effective on August 1, 2023.
