PURPOSE: The State Board of Education is authorized to grant certificates of license to teach in any of the public schools of the state and to establish requirements and qualifications for those certificates under the provisions of section 168.021.1, RSMo and cause the certificates to be revoked in a manner provided in section 168.071, RSMo. This rule establishes a procedure where teachers whose certificates have been revoked by the State Board of Education, in some instances, may be allowed at a later time to make application to the State Board of Education to be recertified.

1. (1) Any teacher whose certificate to teach has been revoked by the State Board of Education may be recertified only by the authority of the State Board of Education.

2. (2) Applicants desiring to be recertified in this manner must send a written notice to the commissioner of education requesting the State Board of Education to review an application for recertification. The application process shall include, but not be limited to, the following:

   1. (A) An affidavit of moral character in the form required by the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education;
   2. (B) Transcripts and other evidence necessary to show compliance with all the requirements for certification that are in effect at the time application for recertification is made;
   3. (C) Other information including recent employment and references requested by the State Board of Education that may be deemed relevant to the request for recertification; and
   4. (D) A signed consent authorizing the state board as it deems necessary or appropriate to make contact with, interview, consult, obtain documentation and verification from other persons and sources within or without Missouri with respect to the applicant and the applicant’s request for certification.

AUTHORITY: sections 161.092, 168.011, 168.031, RSMo 1986, 168.021, RSMo Supp. 1990 and 168.071, RSMo Supp. 1993.* This SECONDARY EDUCATION rule previously filed as 5 CSR 80-800.060. Original rule filed April 24, 1985, effective Sept. 3, 1985. Moved to 5 CSR 20-400.130, effective Aug. 16, 2011.

*Original authority: 161.092, RSMo 1963, amended 1973; 168.011, RSMo 1963, amended 1984; 168.021, RSMo 1963, amended 1973, 1984, 1988, 1990; 168.031, RSMo 1963; and 168.071, RSMo 1963, amended 1973, 1978, 1984, 1988, 1993.