North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 16 - EDUCATION › Chapter 06 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › Subchapter C - PERSONNEL › Section .0300 - CERTIFICATION › Section 06C .0301 - GENERAL INFORMATION

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
(a) Any person who
				  desires to obtain employment from a LEA in a professional position shall apply
				  for and obtain a license from the department. Each applicant shall file an
				  application together with an official transcript(s), a recommendation by a
				  designated official of the approved IHE where preparation was completed, and
				  the licensure fee specified in
				  G.S.
				  115C-296(a2).
(b) The department shall evaluate each
				  application and its supporting documentation and shall notify each applicant of
				  the action it takes.
(c) An
				  applicant who desires to upgrade, renew or add new fields to a license shall
				  supply documentation to the department that supports the desired
				  action.
(d) A class "A" teaching
				  license may be changed from early childhood, intermediate, middle grades or
				  secondary to either of the other categories upon the applicant's completion of
				  the program for the license. An applicant who secures credit as provided in
				  Rule .0302 of this Section for new subject or teaching fields may have these
				  fields added to a teaching license.
(e) The department shall base the effective
				  date of a license on the date the applicant completed the educational program
				  requirements for the license. For applicants who completed these requirements
				  before the current fiscal year in which the application is processed, the
				  effective date shall be July 1. For applicants who have completed these
				  requirements within the current fiscal year in which the application is
				  processed, the effective date shall be the date the applicant completed the
				  requirements. Every license shall expire on June 30 unless it is renewed or
				  extended in accordance with the provisions of this Section. A provisional
				  license issued pursuant to Rule .0305(c) of this Section shall be valid for one
				  year. A lateral entry license issued pursuant to Rule .0305(b) of this Section
				  shall be valid for two years. The initial license issued pursuant to Rule
				  .0304(c)(1) of this Section shall be valid for three years. The continuing
				  license issued pursuant to Rule .0304(c)(2) of this Section shall be valid for
				  five years.
(f) Any licensed person
				  may apply to the department on forms that it shall furnish for a duplicate
				  license, in the event the original is lost, or for the change of the
				  applicant's name.
(g) Professional
				  personnel may be assigned only to areas in which the individual holds a
				  license, a provisional license, endorsement or provisional endorsement as
				  required by the department. The LEA may assign any licensed teacher who is the
				  best qualified to teach remedial courses, regardless of license area. This
				  provision shall not apply to any vocational license that has been restricted by
				  the department as a part of completing licensure requirements.
Authority
					 G.S.
					 115C-12(9)a; N.C.
					 Constitution, Article IX, s. 5;
Eff. July 1, 1986;
Amended Eff. August 1, 2000; March 1, 1990.