(b) A person must meet the minimum educational level as determined by the Birth through Prekindergarten Teaching Credential which are embedded in eighteen (18) to twenty-seven (27) college credit hours in early childhood development and early childhood education focused specifically on:

1. (1) Infants;
2. (2) Toddlers; and
3. (3) Preschoolers.

(d) A person may obtain the Birth through Prekindergarten Teaching Credential by the following pathways:

1. (1) Complete eighteen (18) to twenty-seven (27) college credit hours in early childhood development and early childhood education focused specifically on:

   1. (A) Infants;
   2. (B) Toddlers; and
   3. (C) Preschoolers;

2. (2) Complete an associate or bachelor’s degree which includes the Arkansas birth through prekindergarten teaching competencies which appear in eighteen (18) to twenty-seven (27) college credit hours in early childhood development and early childhood education focused specifically on:

   1. (A) Infants;
   2. (B) Toddlers; and
   3. (C) Preschoolers; or
3. (3) Add the Arkansas birth through prekindergarten teaching competencies to an existing two-year or four-year degree.
4. (4) A person coming from another state within the United States may be issued the Arkansas Birth through Prekindergarten Teaching Credential by fulfilling subsections (a) – (c) of this section and need not have an associate degree.