1. A level I credential: a. Is issued upon satisfying the following requirements: (1) Hold a valid teaching license issued by the board; and (2) Complete one of the following: (a) Complete two hundred or more hours of documented computer science or cybersecurity training as approved by the department; (b) Obtain fifteen or more credits in computer science or cybersecurity as approved by the department; or

1. (c) Demonstrate computer science or cybersecurity competencies through obtaining three stacks of department-approved microcredentials.
2. b. Allows the recipient to teach any computer science or cybersecurity-related course, including advanced courses, at any grade level corresponding with the recipient's teaching license.2. A level II credential:- a. Is issued upon satisfying the following requirements:
3. (1) Hold a valid teaching license issued by the board; and
4. (2) Complete one of the following:
   1. (a) Complete forty or more hours documented computer science or cybersecurity training as approved by the department;
   2. (b) Obtain six or more credits in computer science or cybersecurity as approved by the department; or
   3. (c) Demonstrate computer science or cybersecurity competencies through obtaining one stack of department-approved microcredentials.
5. b. Allows the recipient to teach introductory and intermediate-level computer science or cybersecurity-related courses, as determined by the department, at any grade level corresponding with the recipient's teaching license.3. A level III credential:- a. Is issued upon satisfying the following requirements:
6. (1) Hold a valid teaching license issued by the board; and
7. (2) Complete one of the following:
   1. (a) Complete fifteen or more hours documented computer science or cybersecurity training as approved by the department; or
   2. (b) Demonstrate computer science or cybersecurity competencies through obtaining three or more stacks of department-approved microcredentials.
8. b. Allows the recipient to teach integrated computer science or cybersecurity-related instruction in other contents at any grade level corresponding with the recipient's teaching license. The recipient also may teach computer science or cybersecurity-related courses in grades kindergarten through grade eight as applicable to the recipient's teaching license.

History: Effective April 1, 2020.

General Authority: NDCC 15.1-02-04, 15.1-02-16, 28-32

Law Implemented: NDCC 15.1-02-16