PURPOSE: This rule outlines the procedures for application for a substitute certificate of license to teach.

1. (1) An applicant for a substitute Missouri certificate of license to teach who has successfully completed sixty (60) semester hours or more of credit from an academic degree granting institution which is contained within the United States Department of Education’s Directory of Post-Secondary Institutions, or approved by the Commissioner of Education and possesses good moral character may be granted a substitute Missouri certificate of license to teach for the period August 1 to July 31. Applicants may reapply through the school district for another substitute certificate of license to teach pursuant to the rules promulgated by the State Board of Education (board).
2. (2) Applications for a substitute Missouri certificate of license to teach (including the background check form) shall be submitted by the school district either through the Internet or on the forms provided by the board and may be obtained by writing the Educator Certification Section of the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) at PO Box 480, Jefferson City, MO 65102 or by downloading from the Internet.
3. (3) An applicant for a substitute Missouri certificate of license to teach shall submit to a Missouri State Highway Patrol records check and any other background check required by the local school district.
4. (4) An application is not considered officially filed with the board until it has been determined by the board or DESE staff to be complete and the application is submitted on the forms provided by the board signed, and accompanied by any other applicable forms and/or fees. All information should be received by the board within ninety (90) days of the date of the application.

AUTHORITY: sections 168.011, RSMo 2000 and 161.092, 168.021, 168.071 and 168.081, RSMo Supp. 2003.* Emergency rule filed July 30, 1999, effective Aug. 9, 1999, expired Jan. 26, 2000. Original rule filed July 30, 1999, effective Feb. 29, 2000. Amended: Filed Sept. 12, 2003, effective April 30, 2004.

*Original authority: 161.092, RSMo 1963, amended 1973, 2002, 2003; 168.011, RSMo 1963, amended 1984; 168.021, RSMo 1963, amended 1973, 1984, 1988, 1990, 1998, 2002, 2003; 168.071, RSMo 1963, amended 1973, 1978, 1984, 1988, 1993, 1998, 2002, 2003; and 168.081, RSMo 1963, amended 1984, 2002.