49-5-5201 - Career levels of teaching licenses and certificates Eligibility.
49-5-5201. Career levels of teaching licenses and certificates Eligibility.
(a) The state board of education has jurisdiction over the issuance of all teaching licenses and career ladder certificates as otherwise provided in this chapter. Teachers possessing a current, valid license on July 1, 1984, are eligible to apply for career level certificates based on experience as set out in § 49-5-5005. Teachers who are employed initially between July 1, 1984, and June 13, 1997, are eligible to apply for career level certificates based on experience, as follows:
(1) Career level I Employment for three (3) years as an apprentice teacher;
(2) Career level II Employment for at least three (3) years as a career level I teacher; or
(3) Career level III Employment for at least four (4) years as a career level II teacher.
(b) Teachers shall be entitled to undergo evaluation during the year in which they gain eligibility for career level I, II or III status based on experience set forth in subsection (a) or in § 49-5-5005.
[Acts 1984 (1st E.S.), ch. 7, § 26; 1985, ch. 465, § 8; 1987, ch. 308, §§ 44, 51, 52; 1990, ch. 948, § 9; 1997, ch. 424, § 2.]