6 CAR § 180-502 – License renewal

(a) Applications for license renewal may be submitted to the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education no earlier than January 1 of the year of expiration of the license.
(b) An applicant for renewal of a license shall submit the following to the division:
1. (1) A completed online application for renewal with payment of the nonrefundable application fee;
2. (2) Documentation that the applicant has successfully completed all background checks required by the Rules Governing Background Checks, 6 CAR pt. 194, within the twelve-month period before the date of the application for renewal; and
3. (3)
  1. (A) Documentation of the completion of professional development requirements as identified in Appendix B.
  2. (B) The division may issue a one-year nonrenewable provisional license to any applicant who has not completed all professional development requirements for renewal.
(c) The division may issue a provisional license to an employed applicant who has not completed the required awareness credential.
(d)
1. (1) Every standard Arkansas educator’s license will be renewed with an Educator Career Continuum designation for which the applicant qualifies under 6 CAR § 180-604.
2. (2) A standard Arkansas educator’s license will be renewed with a Career Professional Educator designation unless the applicant qualifies for the Lead Professional Educator or Master Professional Educator designation.