North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 67.1 - Education Standards and Practices Board › Article 67.1-02 - Program Approval and Educator Licensure › Chapter 67.1-02-02 - Educator's Professional License › Section 67.1-02-02-04 - Two-year and five-year renewals

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
1.
Two-year
				renewal license.
a. A two-year renewal
				license will be issued to applicants with less than eighteen months of
				successful contracted teaching in North Dakota who have completed all of the
				requirements on the application form and pay the required fee of sixty-five
				dollars. Applications for renewal may only be submitted six months prior to the
				expiration of the current license and will expire after a minimum of two years
				after the applicant's birth date.
b. A two-year re-entry license will be issued
				to an applicant re-entering the profession after an absence of five years who
				has completed all of the requirements on the application form. Prior to
				applying for the re-entry license, the applicant must submit to a fingerprint
				screening for criminal records in accordance with North Dakota Century Code
				section 15.1-13-14. An applicant re-entering the profession must complete eight
				semester hours of re-education credit during the applicant's first two years of
				contracted employment as stated in this section and in section
				67.1-02-02-09. The fee for the
				re-entry license is eighty-five dollars. Applications for renewal may only be
				submitted six months prior to the expiration of the current license and will
				expire after a minimum of two years on the applicant's birth date.
c. A two-year re-entry license will be issued
				to an applicant from out of state who has had an absence from the profession of
				more than five years, or to an applicant who cannot submit six semester hours
				of credit taken during each of the past two five-year periods if employed in
				education out of state. Such an applicant must meet the requirements of North
				Dakota initial licensure as stated in section
				67.1-02-02-02 and must also
				complete the requirements for re-entry education as stated in this section and
				in section
				67.1-02-02-09. The fee for the
				re-entry license is eighty-five dollars. Applications for renewal may only be
				submitted six months prior to the expiration of the current license and will
				expire after a minimum of two years on the applicant's birth date.
d. A two-year renewal license will be issued
				for substitute teaching to those applicants who have completed all of the
				requirements on the application form. A substitute teacher must maintain a
				valid teaching license using the two-year renewal cycle, but is not required to
				submit re-education hours unless the person signs a contract. The fee for this
				two-year renewal is sixty-five dollars. Applications for renewal may only be
				submitted six months prior to the expiration of the current license and will
				expire after a minimum of two years on the applicant's birth date.
e. In extraordinary circumstances, the board
				may waive or extend the time for completion of the re-education
				credits.
f. For the school year
				2005-06 and beyond, all elementary teachers new to the profession, but
				previously licensed, will need to complete the elementary test and pedagogical
				test during the school year meeting North Dakota cut scores. Contracted
				classroom teaching experience will be accepted from all other states toward the
				requirements of this subdivision. A new to the profession teacher is defined as
				one who has never been contracted as a kindergarten through grade 12
				teacher.