The General Assembly reduced the number of renewal credits required for a teacher to renew a Standard Professional 2 License from 15 CEUs to 7.5 CEUs. The SBE discussed possible policy changes and decided not to make any changes without fully discussing and evaluating possibilities and opportunities to ensure professional development was relevant and beneficial to teachers and administrators. A SBE Task Force will work on new policy language and recommend changes to the SBE this fall or winter. Teachers renewing their license this 2011-12 school year will only need 7.5 to renew their license. The majority of teachers will have more than the new required amount to renew their license this year; which is why the SBE did not rush to make policy changes. Possible changes include not grant-ing CEU credit for teaching experience and only granting 5 CEUs for completing the NBCT process instead of the current 15 CEUs. NCAE will keep you posted as we have been asked to serve on this Task Force.  (article from the NCAE SBE Review Notes)