(b) Upon submission by an educational entity of the application required by the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education, the division may issue an emergency teaching permit to a nonlicensed person hired to fill a teaching, school counseling, and library media vacancy under the following conditions:

1. (1)

   1. (A) An emergency teaching permit will expire upon the earlier of:

(i) The date the permit holder leaves the employ of the educational entity that requested the permit; or

1. (ii)

(b) (b) The school district’s application must demonstrate that the individual employed under the emergency teaching permit made progress in acquiring licensure for the area covered by the emergency teaching permit.

1. (B) The emergency teaching permit will end automatically if the individual employed under the permit becomes licensed in the area covered by the emergency teaching permit;

2. (2) A person hired under an emergency teaching permit must have relevant work experience in the content area, a bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university, and one (1) of the following requirements:

   1. (A) The bachelor’s degree or advanced degree is in the content area in which the educator will teach;
   2. (B) The bachelor’s degree or advanced degree contains a minimum of eighteen (18) college credit hours in the content area in which the educator will teach;
   3. (C) The educator has successfully completed a content area assessment approved by the State Board of Education for the content area in which the educator will teach; or
   4. (D) The educator is a national board-certified teacher for the content area in which the educator will teach;
3. (3) The permit holder shall successfully complete the state and federal criminal records checks and the Child Maltreatment Central Registry check in accordance with the Rules Governing Background Checks, 6 CAR pt. 194;
4. (4) The educational entity shall report the emergency teaching permit as a licensure exception in the division’s data reporting system; and
5. (5) The emergency teaching permit cannot be issued for special education.