Aug. 2022: The state agency responsible for approving and investigating educators’ professional licenses has a backlog of applications following more than two years of COVID-19 school closures and the return to in-person learning.
Records provided to the Statesman Journal by the Oregon Teacher Standards and Practices Commission show the agency’s processing time increased about 27% —from 48 days to 61 days — between October 2020 and October 2021. It hasn’t let up.
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Natalie Pate 