- (1) A Class 6 specialist license is valid for a period of five years.
(2) Class 6 specialist licenses may be issued with the following endorsements:
- (a) school psychologist; or
- (b) school counselor.
- (3) Applicants for an initial Montana Class 6 license with a degree more than five years old and who do not have current out-of-state licensure must have earned 60 professional development units as defined in ARM 10.57.215(4) within the five-year period preceding the effective date of the license. For the purposes of this provision, current licensure does not include provisional or restricted licenses.
- (4) An applicant must verify completion of the online course "An Introduction to Indian Education for All in Montana."
- (5) A Class 6 specialist license may also be endorsed in traffic education if the licensee meets the requirements of ARM 10.13.310 and is approved by the Superintendent of Public Instruction.
- (6) Class 6 specialist licenses may be renewed pursuant to the requirements of ARM 10.57.215.
- (7) A lapsed Class 6 specialist license may be reinstated by showing verification of 60 professional development units earned during the five-year period preceding the date of application for the new license.
Authorizing statute(s): Mont. Const. Art. X, sec. 9, 20-4-102, MCA
Implementing statute(s): Mont. Const. Art. X, sec. 9, 20-4-106, 20-4-108, MCA
History: NEW, 2002 MAR p. 3309, Eff. 11/28/02; AMD, 2009 MAR p. 345, Eff. 3/27/09; AMD, 2014 MAR p. 2930, Eff. 7/1/15; AMD, 2015 MAR p. 1051, Eff. 7/31/15; AMD, 2016 MAR p. 2330, Eff. 1/1/17; AMD, 2022 MAR p. 799, Eff. 5/28/22.