Current through September 16, 2024
1. Except as
otherwise provided in this section, paragraph (h) of subsection 1 of
NRS
391.019, NAC
391.0545, paragraph (a) of
subsection 9 of NAC
391.0896, subsection 7 of NAC
391.0897, subsection 3 of NAC
391.180, paragraph (b) of
subsection 3 of NAC
391.231, subsection 3 of NAC
391.223, paragraph (b) of
subsection 3 of NAC
391.233, subsection 3 of NAC
391.276, subsection 2 of NAC
391.277, subsection 2 of NAC
391.279, subsection 4 of NAC
391.305, subsection 4 of NAC
391.312, subsection 2 of NAC
391.315, subsection 4 of NAC
391.320, subsection 3 of NAC
391.370, paragraph (b) of
subsection 4 of NAC
391.425, subsection 6 of NAC
391.436, subsection 2 of section
2 of LCB File No. R123-22, subsection 2 of section 3 of LCB File No. R123-22,
section 2 of LCB File No. R128-22 and subsection 2 of section 1, an applicant
who applies for:
(a) A license must pass a
competency test that has been approved by the Commission, at the level of
competence specified by the Commission, in:
(1) Basic reading, writing and
mathematics;
(2) The principles and
methods of teaching; and
(3) The
subject matter of the area of endorsement on the license or the area of
endorsement necessary for the applicant's area of
assignment.
(b) An
additional endorsement on a license held by the applicant must pass a
competency test that has been approved by the Commission, at the level of
competence specified by the Commission, in the subject matter of the area of
endorsement for which the applicant is applying.
2. The Superintendent of Public Instruction
may exempt an applicant from any of the tests required by subsection 1 if the
applicant:
(a) Submits to the Department
evidence that he or she:
(1) Has retired from
teaching in this State;
(2) Held a
special license, a license to teach elementary or secondary education, a
license to teach special education, a license to teach pupils in a program of
early childhood education or a license to teach middle school or junior high
school education, which:
(I) Has expired
within the year immediately preceding the date on which his or her application
was submitted;
(II) Was free from
any conditions that the applicant pass a competency test; and
(III) Authorized the applicant to teach in
the same grade level and subject area for which he or she is applying to
receive a license;
(3)
Was required, for the issuance of the applicant's expired license, to complete
courses of study and experience which are substantially equivalent to the
courses of study and experience required for the issuance of the license for
which he or she is applying; and
(4) Otherwise satisfies the requirements for
the issuance of a license;
(b) Submits to the Department evidence that
the applicant has passed, as part of a teacher education program approved by a
state and offered through a regionally accredited college or university,
competency examinations equivalent to those required of the applicant by
subsection 1, as determined by the Department; or
(c) Submits to the Department evidence that
the applicant holds a license to teach issued by another state which is
acceptable to the Department for purposes of reciprocity.
3. An applicant is exempt from the
requirement to pass a competency test in basic reading, writing and mathematics
if the applicant submits to the Department:
(a) Official documentation which indicates
that he or she passed, within the 10 years immediately preceding the date on
which his or her application was submitted and at the level of competency
specified by the Commission:
(1) The "Praxis
Core Academic Skills for Educators" in reading, mathematics and writing,
prepared and administered by the Educational Testing Service; or
(2) A test of basic skills that is determined
by the Department to be equivalent to the test prescribed by subparagraph
1;
(b) Evidence that the
applicant has:
(1) Received a master's or more
advanced degree from a regionally accredited college or university;
and
(2) Completed, within the 10
years immediately preceding the date on which his or her application was
submitted, the "Graduate Record Examinations," prepared and administered by the
Educational Testing Service, or its equivalent, and received a score which was
at or above the midpoint of the score range in effect at the time the
examination was administered; or
(c) Official documentation which indicates
that the applicant completed, within the 10 years immediately preceding the
date on which his or her application was submitted:
(1) The ACT, administered by ACT, Inc., with
a combined score of at least 21; or
(2) The SAT, administered by the Educational
Testing Service, with a combined score of at least
1100.
4. An
applicant is exempt from the requirement to pass a competency test in the
principles and methods of teaching if he or she:
(a) Submits to the Department official
documentation which indicates that the applicant passed, at the level of
competency specified by the Commission, the "Principles of Learning and
Teaching Test" prepared and administered by the Educational Testing Service;
or
(b) Is applying for a license
with an endorsement in an area for which training in the principles and methods
of teaching is not required.
5. An applicant is exempt from the
requirement to pass a competency test in the subject matter of the area of
endorsement if he or she:
(a) Submits to the
Department official documentation which indicates that the applicant passed,
within the 10 years immediately preceding the date on which his or her
application was submitted and at the level of competency specified by the
Commission, the competency test in that subject matter;
(b) Is applying for a license or endorsement
in an area for which no competency tests have been approved by the
Commission;
(c) Is applying for an
endorsement to teach pupils who have speech and language impairments and
submits to the Department official documentation which indicates that he or she
has received a certificate of clinical competence from the American
Speech-Language-Hearing Association; or
(d) Is applying for an endorsement in family
and consumer sciences and submits to the Department official documentation
which indicates that the applicant satisfactorily completed the "Family and
Consumer Sciences Composite Examination," prepared and administered by the
American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences.
6. An applicant who fails to comply with the
provisions of this section may not apply for a renewable license.
Added to NAC by Comm'n on
Prof. Standards in Education, eff. 9-11-89; A 11-22-91; 10-23-92; 12-15-94;
1-11-96; 12-13-96; R092-97, 1-14-98; R089-99, 10-25-99; R120-99, 3-13-2000;
R210-01, 3-27-2002; R058-03, 8-29-2003; R005-05 & R038-05, 10-31-2005;
R183-05, 12-29-2005; R223-05, 2-23-2006; R069-06, 6-1-2006; R026-07,
10-31-2007; R037-08, 6-17-2008; R046-10, 10-15-2010; R028-11, 10-26-2011;
R020-11, 5-30-2012; A by
R107-18CAP,
eff. 6/19/2018; A by
R010-18AP,
eff. 6/26/2018; A by
R118-18A,
eff. 6/14/2019; A by
R028-21CA,
eff. 2/28/2022; A by
R120-22A,
R121-22A,
R123-22A,
R125-22A,
R128-22A
&
R166-22A,
eff. 5/24/2023; A by
R065-23A,
eff. 8/28/2024; A by
R124-22A,
eff. 9/16/2024
NRS
391.019
