The two-test requirement would put Colorado more in line with most other states.
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Payton Pritchard graduated cum laude with her bachelor’s degree in special education in December. Growing up with a best friend who has autism, she knew teaching was her calling. But a traumatic brain injury from an accident several years ago has affected her ability to test well. It’s made it impossible for her to fulfill her dream of becoming a special educator.
The Metropolitan State University graduate testified at the state Capitol on Wednesday for a bill that would reduce the number of licensure tests for those seeking to become either early childhood or elementary special educators. Currently they must take five. Senate Bill 25-154 would reduce that to two, which would be in line with most other states’ requirements.
