Dive Brief:

• Under a new bill signed by Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval, immigrants with temporary legal status will have fewer restrictions when applying for a teaching license in the state.
• Recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals are examples of people who had been denied, but will now be able to receive teaching licenses. The state is unclear how many new teachers will be admitted, but says it will monitor that number in the future.
• Previously, the state superintendent could give a teacher license to someone with just a work permit, only if the subject that person was going to teach had a teacher shortage. Now licenses can be granted regardless of the subject, as long as there is a shortage of teachers. 

Dive Insight:

Those supporting this bill point out that it's a way to deal with a real teacher shortage in Nevada, additionally it addresses the issue of diversity. Nearby Colorado, which also has a large immigrant student population, has also been working to get more DACA recipients into the classroom. Last month Teach for America teamed up with several Denver districts to make this happen.