According to the Indiana Department of Education, the state board overseeing teacher licensing and preparation recently voted to advance new teacher licensing regulations. This will ensure all new teachers will be experts in the subjects they teach and allow adults from other careers to more easily enter the teaching profession.

These new regulations called the Rules for Education Preparation and Accountability or the REPA aim to improve student achievement through better classroom instruction.

For more information regarding REPA go to doe.in.gov/news/2009/07- July/REPA.html.