(1)The
department of education is designated as the sole agency authorized to issue the
following types of administrator licenses to persons of good moral character:
(a)Initial administrator license.
(I)The department of education, in its
discretion, may issue an initial administrator 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 administrators;
(C)Has demonstrated professional competencies in subject areas as
specified by rule and regulation of the state board of education pursuant to section
22-60.5-308.
(II)An initial administrator license shall be valid in any school districts or
nonpublic schools that provide, or charter schools that prov
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(1) The
department of education is designated as the sole agency authorized to issue the
following types of administrator licenses to persons of good moral character:
(a) Initial administrator license. (I) The department of education, in its
discretion, may issue an initial administrator 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 administrators;
(C) Has demonstrated professional competencies in subject areas as
specified by rule and regulation of the state board of education pursuant to section
22-60.5-308.
(II) An initial administrator license shall be valid in any school districts or
nonpublic schools that provide, or charter schools that provide or participate in, an
approved induction program for administrators or have obtained a waiver of the
approved induction program requirement pursuant to section 22-60.5-114 (2). Any
initial administrator license issued pursuant to this subsection (1)(a) shall be 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 administrator licensee is
unable to complete an induction program for reasons other than incompetence, the
state board of education may renew the licensee's initial administrator 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 administrator 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 administrator license to any applicant who:
(A) Holds an earned master's degree from an institution of higher education;
(B) Holds a valid initial administrator license; and
(C) Has completed an approved induction program for administrators and
has been recommended for licensure by the school districts, charter schools, the
institute, or nonpublic school that provided such induction program; except that the
applicant need not complete an approved induction program as an initial
administrator licensee if the applicant previously completed an induction program
while employed under an emergency authorization or a temporary educator
eligibility 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 nonpublic
school, or by a school district, a charter school, or the institute that has obtained a
waiver of the induction program requirement, the applicant shall demonstrate
completion of any requirements specified in the school district'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 administrator
license to an applicant who meets the requirements specified in section 22-60.5-111
(4)(c)(II) or (5)(e)(II).
(II) (A) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (1)(b)(II)(B) of this section,
any professional administrator 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 administrator 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
administrator licensing period will count toward the individual's new seven-year
professional administrator licensing period.
(B) Any professional administrator license issued pursuant to this paragraph
(b) which is held in conjunction with a master certificate pursuant to section 22-60.5-307 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; except that the state board of
education may not require any person applying for a professional administrator
license to demonstrate professional competencies.
(3) (a) The department of education may, at its discretion, issue an initial
administrator 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
administrator license.
(b) (I) The department of education may issue a professional administrator
license to any applicant from another state if:
(A) The applicant holds a license or certificate from that state that is
comparable to an administrator 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 administrator license; and
(B) The applicant has had at least three years of continuous, successful,
evaluated experience as an administrator 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 administrator license pursuant to this
paragraph (b) need not have:
(A) Completed an approved induction program for administrators;
(B) Held an initial administrator 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 22-60.5-308.
(4) The state board of education is authorized to enter into interstate
reciprocal agreements in which the department of education agrees to issue initial
administrator licenses to persons licensed as administrators in another state.
(5) Repealed.