Notwithstanding the provisions of chapter 166 relating to professional certification, a local or regional board of education may employ any person certified by the United States armed forces to be an instructor or assistant instructor of a Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps program to serve as an instructor or assistant instructor of a Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps program in a school, except that if such certified person is unavailable, a local or regional board of education may employ any person enrolled in a program of certification to be an instructor or assistant instructor of a Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps program administered by the United States armed forces.
(P.A. 11-179, S. 10; P.A. 15-215, S. 18.)
History: P.A. 11-179 effective July 13, 2011; P.A. 15-215 added exception re employment of person enrolled in program of certification, effective July 1, 2015.