6 CAR § 180-505 – Miscellaneous provisions

(a) A standard or ancillary license may reflect the highest-earned degree awarded to the licensee in:
1. (1) Education, if the degree was awarded by an accredited teacher education program;
2. (2) Educational leadership, if the degree was awarded by an accredited college or university;
3. (3) Occupational therapy, if the degree was awarded by an accredited occupational therapy program;
4. (4) Speech-language pathology, if the degree was awarded by an accredited speech-language pathology program;
5. (5) School psychology, psychology, or counseling, if the degree was awarded by an accredited school psychology program; or
6. (6) A licensure content area, if the degree was awarded by an accredited college or university.
(b) When a licensure content area assessment is not available for a specific licensure area, the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education may:
1. (1) Use a current Principles of Learning and Teaching exam; or
2. (2) Request that the State Board of Education approve an alternative method of demonstrating subject matter content competency.
(c) An applicant who is not a United States citizen shall provide evidence satisfactory to the division that the applicant meets the criteria of an exception under 8 U.S.C. § 1621 for the state to issue a professional license.
(d) The division shall grant active duty service members, returning military veterans, and their spouses automatic licensure pursuant to Acts 2021, No. 135.
(e) The division may issue a duplicate of a current license upon application of a current license holder with payment of the nonrefundable application fee.
(f)
1. (1) All information and documentation submitted for an Arkansas teaching license must be accurate, authentic, and unaltered.
2. (2) Any license issued as a result of a violation of this section, per subsection (g) of this section, will be null and void.
(g) The division, as authorized by the state board, reserves the right to amend or rescind any license that has been issued in error.
(h) If an applicant for first-time licensure or administrator licensure or for the addition of a licensure content area, endorsement, or level of licensure was enrolled in a program of study prior to July 1, 2015, and meets all other requirements for licensure, the Office of Educator Licensure may reference and utilize the licensure content areas, tests, endorsements, or levels of licensure that were recognized by the state board prior to the effective date of this part.
(i) The division shall not remove a licensure content area, level of licensure, or designation once a license is issued, unless issued in error.
(j)
1. (1) Any license issued by the division is subject to disciplinary action as provided by law, up to and including revocation by the state board.
2. (2) The division may deny a license to an applicant who has been determined to have an ethics violation under the Rules Governing the Code of Ethics for Arkansas Educators, 6 CAR pt. 192, that is at a level equivalent to:
  1. (A) Suspension, for the period of the sanction; or
  2. (B) Revocation.