A. The Board shall
issue a comparable standard Arizona certificate or endorsement as applicable,
if one is established pursuant to this Article, to an applicant who holds a
valid certificate or endorsement from another state and is in good standing
with that other state. These applicants are exempt from all provisions of the
Arizona Teacher proficiency examinations.
1.
B. Standard
certificates shall be valid for 12 years and are renewable.
2.
C. The
applicant shall possess a valid fingerprint clearance card issued by the
Arizona Department of Public Safety.
D. The applicant shall have completed the
required class or passed a satisfactory examination on the provisions and
principles of the Constitutions of the United States and Arizona.
3.
E.
Notwithstanding any other provision, the deficiencies allowed pursuant to
Arizona Revised Statutes in Arizona Constitution and United States Constitution
shall be satisfied prior to the issuance of the same type of certificate
prescribed in this Article, but are subject to suspension as follows:
a.
1. An
applicant's standard Arizona teaching certificate shall be suspended three
years from the date of issuance if the applicant has not completed the required
class or passed a satisfactory examination on the provisions and principles of
the Constitutions of the United States and Arizona.
b.
2. An applicant's
standard Arizona teaching certificate shall be suspended one year from the date
of issuance if the applicant has not completed the required class or passed a
satisfactory examination on the provisions and principles of the Constitutions
of the United States and Arizona if the applicant applies for a certificate
authorizing the person to teach an academic course that focuses predominantly
on history, government, social studies, citizenship, law or civics.
B.
The Board shall issue a comparable Arizona
supervisor, principal or superintendent certificate to an applicant who holds a
valid equivalent certificate from another state, that included a requirement to
pass that state's administrator exams in order to be certificated in that state
if required at the time of certification, and is in good standing with that
other state.
1.
Certificates shall be valid for eight years and are
renewable.
2.
The applicant shall possess a valid fingerprint
clearance card issued by the Arizona Department of Public
Safety.
3. The
suspension for a deficiency in the Constitutions of the United States and
Arizona is not considered a disciplinary action and the applicant shall be
allowed to correct that deficiency within the remaining time of the standard
certification.
