SB 448 - Under current law, the State Board of Education may grant an initial visiting scholars certificate of license to teach to an applicant based on verification from a hiring school district that the applicant will be employed as part of a business education partnership initiative, as well as other criteria as described in existing law. This act includes as an alternative to employment in such an initiative that the hiring district may verify that the applicant will be employed as part of an initiative to fill vacant positions in hard-to-staff schools or subject areas. This act is identical to HB 2435 (2020). MATT KIMMINAU