(1)The department
of education is designated as the sole agency authorized to issue the following
principal licenses to persons of good moral character:
(a)Initial principal license.
(I)The department of education, in its discretion,
may issue an initial principal license to any applicant who:
(A)Holds an earned baccalaureate degree from an accepted institution of
higher education;
(B)Has completed an approved program of preparation for principals;
(C)Has completed three or more years of successful experience working
with students as a licensed or certificated professional in a public or nonpublic
elementary or secondary school in this state or another state or has three or more
years of experience working with students as a professional in a nonpublic school;
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(1) The department
of education is designated as the sole agency authorized to issue the following
principal licenses to persons of good moral character:
(a) Initial principal license. (I) The department of education, in its discretion,
may issue an initial principal license to any applicant who:
(A) Holds an earned baccalaureate degree from an accepted institution of
higher education;
(B) Has completed an approved program of preparation for principals;
(C) Has completed three or more years of successful experience working
with students as a licensed or certificated professional in a public or nonpublic
elementary or secondary school in this state or another state or has three or more
years of experience working with students as a professional in a nonpublic school;
(D) Has demonstrated professional competencies in subject areas as
specified by rule and regulation of the state board of education pursuant to section
22-60.5-303.
(II) An initial principal license is valid in any school districts or nonpublic
schools that provide, or charter schools that provide or participate in, an approved
induction program for principals or have obtained a waiver of the approved
induction program requirement pursuant to section 22-60.5-114 (2). Any initial
principal license issued pursuant to this subsection (1)(a) is valid for a period of
three years after the date of issuance and is renewable only once for an additional
period of three years; except that, if an initial principal licensee is unable to
complete an induction program for reasons other than incompetence, the state
board of education may renew the licensee's initial principal license for one or more
additional three-year periods upon the initial licensee's showing of good cause for
inability to complete an approved induction program.
(b) Professional principal license. (I) Except as otherwise provided in
subsection (1)(b)(I.5) of this section, the department of education may, in its
discretion, issue a professional principal license to any applicant who:
(A) Holds an earned master's degree from an accepted institution of higher
education;
(B) Holds a valid initial principal license; and
(C) Has completed an approved induction program for principals and has
been recommended for licensure by the school districts, charter school, the
institute, or nonpublic school that provided such induction program; except that the
applicant need not complete an approved induction program as an initial principal
licensee if the applicant previously completed an induction program while
employed under an emergency authorization or a principal authorization or if the
school district or charter school in which the applicant is employed has obtained a
waiver of the induction program requirement pursuant to section 22-60.5-114 (2). If
the applicant is employed by a school district, charter school, or nonpublic school
that has obtained a waiver of the induction program requirement, the applicant
shall demonstrate completion of any requirements specified in the school district's,
charter school's, the institute's, or nonpublic school's plan for support, assistance,
and training of initially licensed educators.
(I.5) The department of education may issue a professional principal license
to an applicant who meets the requirements specified in section 22-60.5-111
(4)(c)(II) or (14)(e)(II).
(II) (A) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (1)(b)(II)(B) of this section,
any professional principal license issued pursuant to this subsection (1)(b)(II)(A) is
valid for a period of seven years after the date of issuance and is renewable
pursuant to section 22-60.5-110. If, as of September 7, 2021, an individual has
partially completed the individual's five-year professional principal licensing period,
the licensing period for that individual is extended to a seven-year period. The years
that the individual already completed toward the five-year professional principal
licensing period will count toward the individual's new seven-year professional
principal licensing period.
(B) Any professional principal license issued pursuant to this paragraph (b)
which is held in conjunction with a master certificate pursuant to section 22-60.5-302 shall be valid for a period of seven years after the date of issuance and is
renewable as provided in section 22-60.5-110.
(2) The state board of education is authorized to establish, by rule and
regulation, such other requirements for licenses specified in subsection (1) of this
section as it deems necessary to maintain and improve the quality of administration
and supervision of education instructional programs in this state; except that the
state board of education may not require any person applying for a professional
principal license to demonstrate professional competencies.
(3) (a) The department of education may, at its discretion, issue an initial
principal license provided for in paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of this section to any
applicant from another state or country whose qualifications meet or exceed the
standards of the state board of education for the issuance of an initial principal
license.
(b) (I) The department of education may issue a professional principal license
to any applicant from another state if:
(A) The applicant holds a license or certificate from that state that is
comparable to a principal license in this state and the standards for the issuance of
such license or certificate meet or exceed the standards of the state board of
education for the issuance of a professional principal license; and
(B) The applicant has had at least three years of continuous, successful,
evaluated experience as a principal in an established elementary or secondary
school and can provide documentation of such experience on forms provided by the
department.
(II) An applicant for a professional principal license pursuant to this
paragraph (b) need not have:
(A) Completed an approved induction program for principals;
(B) Held an initial principal license pursuant to paragraph (a) of subsection (1)
of this section; or
(C) Demonstrated professional competencies in subject areas as specified
by rule of the state board of education pursuant to section 22-60.5-303.
(4) The state board of education is authorized to enter into interstate
reciprocal agreements in which the department of education agrees to issue initial
principal licenses to persons licensed as principals in other states.
(5) Repealed.