(d) Applications for the statement of continued eligibility shall be submitted to the department, on a form prescribed by the commissioner, on or before June 30, 2021 and candidates must meet the requirements in the following paragraph to be issued a statement of continued eligibility for each subject area in which the statement of continued eligibility is sought prior to June 30, 2021:

1. (1) As part of the application, the candidate shall submit satisfactory evidence of at least three years of satisfactory full-time teaching experience prior to June 30, 2021, during which time the candidate met the qualifications to be considered highly qualified for a core academic subject for purposes of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) under the former 34 C.F.R. 200.56 through passing the high objective uniform State standard of evaluation rubric (HOUSSE) to demonstrate subject matter competency in grades 7- 12 in the subject area in which the statement of continued eligibility sought. The candidate shall submit, as part of the application, the completed HOUSSE rubric from the district(s) for each year of experience for each subject area that the candidate seeks a statement of continued eligibility.