Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, December 1, 2023
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.
Section
2. Teaching Experience for Certificate Issuance and Renewal.
(1) Teaching experience shall be in a
position directly corresponding to the type of teaching certificate for which
the application is being made.
(2)
A full year of experience shall include at least 140 teaching days of
employment performed within the academic year.
(3) A half year of experience shall include
at least seventy (70) teaching days of employment performed within an academic
semester.
(4) The experience shall
include employment on at least a half-time basis as defined in
16 KAR 7:010.
(5) Except as provided by Section 1(7), (8),
or (9) of this administrative regulation, the experience shall include
employment in either a public school or a regionally- or nationally-accredited
nonpublic school.
(6) Experience as
a home school teacher shall not be accepted as teaching experience.
(7) The superintendent of the employing
district or chief school officer of the employing nonpublic school shall verify
teaching experience.
SBE 42.821, .825,
.826, .882, .887; 1 Ky.R. 495; eff. 3-12-75; Am. 5 Ky.R. 602; eff. 3-7-79; 11
Ky.R. 628; eff. 11-13-84; 23 Ky.R. 3922; eff. 7-2-97; 24 Ky.R. 1947; 2372; eff.
5-18-98; 28 Ky.R. 248; 626; eff. 9-5-2001; recodified from 704 KAR 20:060,
7-2-2002; 38 Ky.R. 71; 481; 10-7-11; 40 Ky.R. 2581; 2646; 41 Ky.R. 256; eff.
9-5-2014;
49
Ky.R. 1810; eff. 9/5/2023.
STATUTORY AUTHORITY:
KRS
161.028,
161.030
