Three-year Special NLCE Permission

From: "Ford, Sara [MN]" <Sara.Ford@edmn.org>
Date: May 21, 2018 9:12:49 AM
To: Lisa Wedell Ueki <lisaueki@me.com>
Subject: RE: 3-Year NLCE Special Approvals

HI Lisa,

This was just brought to my attention late last week, and I am going to do some research to see what we can find out. I have never heard of a 3-year permission like this.  

So I’ll do some digging.  

Sara

From: "Zaloker, Maria (PELSB)" <maria.zaloker@state.mn.us>
Date: April 25, 2018 10:59:34 AM 

To: Lisa Wedell Ueki <lisaueki@me.com> 

Subject: RE: 3-Year NLCE Approvals

Ms. Wedell Ueki,

We are still processing your request.

Thank you,

Maria Zaloker

Teacher Ethics Specialist

Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board

1500 Highway 36 West, Suite 300

Roseville, MN 55113-4055

651-539-4186

Maria.Zaloker@state.mn.us

From: Lisa Wedell Ueki [mailto:lisaueki@me.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2018 11:58 AM
To: Zaloker, Maria (PELSB) <maria.zaloker@state.mn.us>
Subject: 3-Year NLCE Approvals

Good Morning, 

What have you learned about the 3-year NLCE approvals? As I mentioned earlier, I haven't been able to find any information online about them. What is the criteria for a 3-year approval? How many of these have been approved?

I was just reviewing documents for a couple of H-1B visa dependent schools and noticed the three-year approvals so I am curious to learn more. I noticed the three examples I found were all approved at different BOT meetings. I suspect school districts are requesting these to obtain the three-year H-1B temporary non-immigrant visa for some of their workers, but I feel they are a bit problematic if they are only being offered to non-U.S. citizens. That would be a discriminatory practice if U.S. citizens aren't eligible too. 

Hope you can explain more on these 3-year NLCE approvals. 

Most warmly, 

Lisa Wedell Ueki