Kentucky Administrative Regulations › Title 16 - EDUCATION PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS BOARD › Chapter 4 - Certification Procedures › Section 16 KAR 4:060 - Certificate renewals and teaching experience

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 1, July 1, 2024
RELATES TO:
				KRS
				161.020,
				161.028,
				161.030
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
				KRS
				161.020,
				161.028, and
				161.030 require that a teacher
				and other professional school personnel hold a certificate of legal
				qualification for his or her respective position to be issued upon completion
				of a program of preparation prescribed by the Education Professional Standards
				Board (EPSB). KRS
				161.020 provides that the validity and terms
				for the renewal of a certificate shall be determined by the laws and
				administrative regulations in effect at the time the certificate was issued.
				This administrative regulation establishes certificate renewal provisions and
				the requirements for successful teaching experience for certificate issuance
				and renewal.
Section 1. Certificate
			 Renewals.
(1) If the renewal of a teaching
			 certificate requires the completion of additional academic course work in lieu
			 of teaching experience, the credits shall be selected from a nationally or
			 regionally accredited postsecondary institution.
(2) Except as provided in
			 KRS
			 161.030(3), a teaching
			 certificate shall be issued for a duration period of five (5) years, with
			 provision for subsequent five (5) year renewals.
(3)
(a) A
			 certificate shall be renewed for subsequent five (5) year periods upon
			 application to the EPSB, compliance with
			 16 KAR 2:010, Section 3(1), and
			 proof of the completion of:
1. Three (3) years
			 of successful teaching experience as established in Section 2 of this
			 administrative regulation; or
2. At
			 least six (6) semester hours of credit.
(b) The requirements of this subsection shall
			 apply to teachers who have completed the Fifth Year Program renewal
			 requirements established in
			 16 KAR 8:020 and
			 16 KAR 2:010, Section 3.
(4) The renewal requirements shall
			 be completed by September 1 of the year of expiration of the
			 certificate.
(5)
(a) Upon expiration, a regular certificate
			 shall be extended for one (1) time for the one (1) year period immediately
			 following the expiration date if:
1. The
			 educator submits an application to the EPSB and complies with
			 16 KAR 2:010, Section
			 3(1);
2. The certificate holder has
			 completed at least one-third (1/3) of the renewal requirements; and
3. The extension is requested by the
			 employing school superintendent.
(b) If the requirements of paragraph (a) of
			 this subsection are met, the remainder of the renewal requirements shall be
			 completed within the one (1) year period of reinstatement.
(6)
(a)
			 Experience in the armed forces of the United States of America shall be
			 accepted toward the renewal of a teaching certificate in lieu of required
			 teaching experience as established in Section 2 of this administrative
			 regulation, if the applicant held a valid certificate prior to entering
			 military service.
(b) The validity
			 period of a certificate held by a person at the time of entry into the armed
			 forces of the United States of America shall be extended for the same period of
			 time for which it was valid at the time of entry, beginning from the date of
			 discharge.
(7) For a
			 certificate requiring teaching experience for renewal, experience as a
			 substitute teacher shall be accepted in lieu of required teaching experience as
			 established in Section 2 of this administrative regulation if the holder of the
			 certificate:
(a) Was employed officially by
			 the local board of education;
(b)
			 Was paid through the board of education; and
(c) Substituted in a certified position no
			 less than thirty (30) teaching days per semester or sixty (60) teaching days
			 per school year.
(8) Work
			 experience at the Education Professional Standards Board, Kentucky Department
			 of Education, or other state or federal educational agency with oversight for
			 elementary and secondary education shall be accepted toward the renewal of a
			 teaching certificate in lieu of teaching experience as established in Section 2
			 of this administrative regulation.
(9) Teaching or administrative experience at
			 a regionally- or nationally-accredited institution of higher education in the
			 area of educator preparation or the academic subject area for which the teacher
			 holds certification shall be accepted toward the renewal of a teaching
			 certificate in lieu of teaching experience as established in Section 2 of this
			 administrative regulation.