Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1 and Title 49, Chapter 5.

This bill requires the department of education to design and adopt a certificate of licensure that is suitable for framing for issuance to educators who have met the requirements for licensure established by the state board of education. The full text of this bill requires various components that must be included on the certificate, which generally include: (1) Identifying, educational attainment, and endorsements of the licensee; (2) The signatures of the governor and of the commissioner of education, under the name and seal of the state of Tennessee; and (3) A statement that the licensee has met all of the requirements established by the state board of education and is authorized to serve in the public schools of Tennessee. This bill requires the department to provide an educator with a certificate of licensure printed on paper designed to demonstrate the significance of the educator's achievement upon the educator's request and upon the educator's payment of a fee, if any, prescribed by the commissioner to offset the cost of providing the printed certificate. This bill also requires the department to provide access through the department's online educator licensing portal for an educator to view and print a high-resolution color copy of the educator's certificate of licensure at no cost to the educator.