Kan. Admin. Regs. § 91-1-201 - Type of licensure
(a) The following
types of licenses shall be issued by the state board:
(1) Accomplished teaching license;
(2) initial licenses, including the
following:
(A) Initial school leadership
license;
(B) initial school
specialist license; and
(C) initial
teaching license;
(3)
emergency substitute teaching license;
(4) interim alternative license;
(5) limited-use teaching license;
(6) professional licenses, including the
following:
(A) Professional school leadership
license;
(B) professional school
specialist license; and
(C)
professional teaching license;
(7) provisional school specialist endorsement
license;
(8) provisional teaching
endorsement license;
(9) restricted
school specialist license;
(10)
restricted teaching license;
(11)
STEM license;
(12) substitute
teaching license;
(13) transitional
license;
(14) visiting
international teacher license; and
(15) visiting scholar teaching
license.
(b)
(1) Each initial license shall be valid for
two years from the date of issuance.
(2) An initial teaching license may be issued
for one or more of the following levels:
(A)
Early childhood;
(B) early
childhood through late childhood;
(C) late childhood through early
adolescence;
(D) early adolescence
through late adolescence and adulthood; or
(E) early childhood through late adolescence
and adulthood.
(3) Each
initial school leadership license shall be issued for all levels.
(4) Each initial school specialist license
shall be issued for the level that corresponds with the approved program
completed by the applicant.
(c)
(1)
Each professional license shall be valid on the date of issuance. Each license
shall expire on the license holder's fifth birthdate following issuance of the
license.
(2) A professional
teaching license may be issued for one or more of the following levels:
(A) Early childhood;
(B) early childhood through late
childhood;
(C) late childhood
through early adolescence;
(D)
early adolescence through late adolescence and adulthood; or
(E) early childhood through late adolescence
and adulthood.
(3) Each
professional school leadership license shall be issued for all
levels.
(4) Each professional
school specialist license shall be issued for the level that corresponds with
the approved program completed by the applicant.
(d)
(1)
Each accomplished teaching license shall be valid for 10 years from the date of
issuance.
(2) An accomplished
teaching license may be issued for one or more of the following levels:
(A) Early childhood;
(B) early childhood through late
childhood;
(C) late childhood
through early adolescence;
(D)
early adolescence through late adolescence and adulthood; or
(E) early childhood through late adolescence
and adulthood.
(e) Each substitute teaching license shall be
valid on the date of issuance and shall be issued for all levels. Each
substitute license shall expire on the license holder's fifth birthdate
following issuance of the license.
(f) The first emergency substitute teaching
license issued to an individual shall be valid for the school year in which it
is issued and shall be issued for all levels. Each subsequent renewal of an
emergency substitute license shall be valid for two consecutive school
years.
(g) Each visiting scholar
teaching license shall be valid through June 30 of the school year for which it
is issued and shall be issued for the level corresponding with the teaching
assignment.
(h) Each visiting
international teacher license shall be valid through June 30 of the school year
for which it is issued and shall be valid for the level corresponding with the
teaching assignment.
(i)
(1) Each restricted teaching license shall be
valid for the school year in which the license is issued. Any restricted
teaching license may be reissued for two additional consecutive school years if
progress reports are submitted as required in
K.A.R.
91-1-203(h)(2).
(2) A restricted teaching license may be
issued for one or more of the following levels:
(A) Late childhood through early
adolescence;
(B) early adolescence
through late adolescence and adulthood; or
(C) early childhood through late adolescence
and adulthood.
(j)
(1)
Each restricted school specialist license shall be valid for three consecutive
school years from the date of issuance.
(2) Each restricted school specialist license
shall be issued for all levels.
(k)
(1) Each
transitional license shall be valid for the school year in which the license is
issued.
(2) Each transitional
license shall be nonrenewable.
(3)
A transitional license may be issued for one or more of the following levels:
(A) Early childhood;
(B) early childhood through late
childhood;
(C) late childhood
through early adolescence;
(D)
early adolescence through late adolescence and adulthood; or
(E) early childhood through late adolescence
and adulthood.
(l)
(1)
Each interim alternative license shall be valid for one year from the date of
issuance.
(2) The initial one-year
term shall be automatically extended for one additional one-year term if the
licensee demonstrates progress toward achieving an initial or professional
license. Each interim alternative license shall be nonrenewable after two
years.
(3) An interim alternative
license may be issued for one or more of the following levels:
(A) Early childhood;
(B) early childhood through late
childhood;
(C) late childhood
through early adolescence;
(D)
early adolescence through late adolescence and adulthood; or
(E) early childhood through late adolescence
and adulthood.
(m)
(1)
Each limited-use teaching license shall be valid only for the school year in
which the license is issued. Any limited-use teaching license may be reissued
for additional consecutive school years at the request of the employing
LEA.
(2) A limited-use teaching
license may be used to teach in grades 6 through 12 but shall not be used to
provide special education services.
(n)
(1) Each
provisional teaching endorsement license shall be valid for two years from the
date of issuance.
(2) A provisional
teaching endorsement license may be issued for one or more of the following
levels:
(A) Early childhood;
(B) early childhood through late
childhood;
(C) late childhood
through early adolescence;
(D)
early adolescence through late adolescence and adulthood; or
(E) early childhood through late adolescence
and adulthood.
(o)
(1)
Each provisional school specialist license shall be valid for two years from
the date of issuance.
(2) A
provisional school specialist endorsement license shall be issued for all
levels.
(p)
(1) A nonrenewable license shall be issued to
each applicant who meets all other requirements for an initial license except
the assessments.
(2) Each
nonrenewable license shall be valid only through June 30 of the school year for
which the license is issued.
(q)
(1)
Each STEM license shall be valid only through June 30 of the school year for
which the license is issued.
(2)
Each STEM license shall be valid for grades 8 through 12.
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