Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 11, August 30, 2024
(1)
Overview. In cases of emergency when an individual who holds a
valid Alabama certificate is not available, a superintendent or administrator
who wishes to employ an individual may request an Emergency Certificate. The
Emergency Certificate is not an alternative certificate. An individual holding
an Emergency Certificate cannot be deemed highly qualified.
(2)
Limitations on Issuance.
(a) An individual who holds a valid Alabama
certificate is not eligible to receive an Emergency Certificate.
(b) An Emergency Certificate is issued only
for a single teaching field or area of instructional support.
(c) An Emergency Certificate will not be
issued for driver and traffic safety education, school psychometry, or school
psychology.
(d) An individual who
has held one Emergency Certificate is not eligible to receive another Emergency
Certificate in any teaching field or area of instructional support.
(e)
Effective beginning with the
2016-2017 scholastic year, an individual who holds or previously held a
Career and Technical Education Temporary Certificate in health science or a
technical education program area is not eligible to receive an Emergency
Certificate in the same area.
(3)
Application.
(a) The applicant is required to submit to
the employing superintendent or administrator the current application for this
approach and documentation of having met all requirements as prescribed in Rule
290-3-2-.24 and on the application.
(b) The superintendent or administrator who
wishes to employ the applicant is required to submit to the Educator
Certification Section:
1. A recommendation
requesting issuance of the Emergency Certificate.
2. The applicant's current application and
documentation of having met all requirements.
(4)
Requirements. All
requirements must be successfully completed prior to the date the application
is received in the Educator Certification Section.
(a) Successful completion of the Alabama
Special Requirements in Rule
290-3-2-.02(4).
(b) Verification on an official transcript(s)
of an earned bachelor's or higher degree from a senior institution that was
regionally accredited at the time the degree was conferred.
(c) An Emergency Certificate in the technical
education program area of cosmetology requires verification of a valid Alabama
Cosmetology Instructor License.
(d)
An Emergency Certificate in health science requires verification of an active
Alabama license in a registered nursing, paramedical, or an approved allied
health specialty.
(5)
Degree Level. The Emergency Certificate shall be issued at the
bachelor's degree level.
(6)
Valid Period. The valid period of the Emergency Certificate shall
be no more than one scholastic year (July 1 to June 30). The Emergency
Certificate shall be valid from the date the certificate is issued through June
30 of the scholastic year for which it is issued. The Emergency Certificate
will not be continued, renewed, reinstated, or reissued.
Rule was previously .12 and renumber to .24 as per
certification file December 10, 2010.
Author: Dr. Thomas R. Bice
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
1975, Ala. Const. Amend. 284, §§
16-3-11,
16-23-1,
16-23-2.
