Montana § 37-31-305 Qualifications For License To Teach -- Provisional Teaching License

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§ 37-31-305 — Qualifications For License To Teach -- Provisional Teaching License

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37-31-305 . Qualifications for license to teach -- provisional teaching license.

(1)An applicant for licensure to teach the professions in this chapter must:

(a)have a license to practice in the same profession the person plans to teach;

(b)have practiced under the license in subsection (1)(a) for 12 continuous months before taking the teacher's examination;

(c)have completed teacher training and received a diploma from a board-approved teacher course; and

(d)have passed the board-approved examination.

(2)An applicant who meets the criteria in subsection (1)(a) but has 3 or more years of practice in the profession the applicant plans to teach is eligible for a nonrenewable, 2-year provisional license as a teacher while completing board-approved coursework related to teaching methodol

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37-31-305 . Qualifications for license to teach -- provisional teaching license. (1) An applicant for licensure to teach the professions in this chapter must:
(a) have a license to practice in the same profession the person plans to teach;
(b) have practiced under the license in subsection (1)(a) for 12 continuous months before taking the teacher's examination;
(c) have completed teacher training and received a diploma from a board-approved teacher course; and
(d) have passed the board-approved examination.
(2) An applicant who meets the criteria in subsection (1)(a) but has 3 or more years of practice in the profession the applicant plans to teach is eligible for a nonrenewable, 2-year provisional license as a teacher while completing board-approved coursework related to teaching methodology in lieu of a diploma in subsection (1)(c).
(3) The board shall issue a license to teach under this chapter, without examination, to a person licensed in another state if the board determines that:
(a) the other state's course of study hour requirement is equal to or greater than the hour requirement in this state; and
(b) the person's license from the other state is current and the person is not subject to pending or final disciplinary action for unprofessional conduct or impairment.

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Legislative History

En. Sec. 3, Ch. 104, L. 1929; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 14, L. 1931; re-en. Sec. 3228.3, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 222, L. 1939; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 210, L. 1945; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 244, L. 1961; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 167, L. 1969; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 168, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 268, L. 1973; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 310, L. 1973; amd. Sec. 65, Ch. 350, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 66-803(2); amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 106, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 260, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 602, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 473, L. 1993; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 305, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 12, Ch. 243, L. 2003; amd. Sec. 86, Ch. 467, L. 2005; amd. Sec. 8, Ch. 100, L. 2011; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 102, L. 2013; amd. Sec. 9, Ch. 15, L. 2015; amd. Sec. 8, Ch. 544, L. 2021; amd. Sec. 26, Ch. 279, L. 2025.