- A. If a local superintendent or governing authority of a state agency certifies to the department that an emergency exists in the hiring of a qualified person, the department may issue a certificate of teaching waiver or assignment waiver.
- B. The department may issue a certificate of teaching waiver to a person who holds a baccalaureate degree but does not meet other requirements for licensure as a level one teacher. Certificates of teaching waivers are one-year waivers and may be renewed only if the holder provides satisfactory evidence of continued progress toward a level one license.
- C. At the request of a local superintendent, the department may issue a certificate of assignment waiver to a licensed teacher who is assigned to teach outside the teacher's teaching endorsement area. A certificate of assignment waiver may be renewed each school year if the teacher provides satisfactory evidence of continued progress toward meeting the requirements for endorsement.
- D. If a local superintendent or governing authority certifies to the department that an emergency exists in the hiring of a qualified site administrator, the department may issue a certificate of principalship waiver to a person who holds a level two or level three-A license but does not meet the other requirements for a site administrator license. Certificates of principalship waivers are one-year waivers and are not renewable.
- E. If a local school board certifies to the department that an emergency exists in the hiring of a qualified local superintendent, the department may issue a certificate of superintendency waiver to a person who holds a professional site administrator license but does not meet the other requirements for a superintendent license. Certificates of superintendency waivers are one-year waivers and are not renewable.
History: 1978 Comp., § 22-10A-14, enacted by Laws 2003, ch. 153, § 45; 2015, ch. 58, § 13; 2025, ch. 148, § 11.
ANNOTATIONS
The 2025 amendment, effective July 1, 2025, provided for emergency hiring of qualified site administrators and qualified local superintendents; and added Subsections D and E.
The 2015 amendment, effective June 19, 2015, removed a provision relating to adequate yearly progress; in Subsection C, after "teach outside", deleted "his" and added "the teacher’s"; and deleted Subsection D, which prohibited certain teachers from being assigned to schools that have not made adequate yearly progress for two consecutive years.