Alaska Administrative Code
Title 4 - Education and Early Development
Chapter 12 - Certification of Professional Teachers
4 AAC 12.340 - Special education or special service alternate program certificate
Current through February 27, 2024
(a) If a school district superintendent is unable to recruit and hire a teacher who holds a valid teacher certificate under 4 AAC 12.305 with a special education endorsement or a special services certificate (Type C) under 4 AAC 12.355, the superintendent may request that the commissioner issue a special education or special services alternate program certificate for the hiring of a person who does not have the required endorsement or certificate.
(b) The commissioner may grant an alternate program certificate under this section only if the chief school administrator of the district requests it through formal action of the school board.
(c) An application for an alternate program certificate under this section must be submitted on a form provided by the department and include
(d) An alternate program certificate under this section is valid for up to three school years, contingent on the annual submission by the district of evidence from the educational program that the teacher or special services provider for whom the alternate program certificate was granted continues to be enrolled in and is making satisfactory yearly progress on the individualized education program set out in the application and can complete the program not later than three years after the date of the application for an alternate program certificate under this section.
(e) An alternate program certificate issued under this section is valid only in the district to which it is granted. The duration of an alternate program certificate may not be extended beyond three school years.
The subject matter of 4 AAC 12.340 was formerly located at 4 AAC 12.027. The history note for 4 AAC 12.340 does not reflect the history of the earlier section.
Authority:AS 14.07.060
AS 14.20.020
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