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6-17-401. Teacher's license requirement.
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6-17-401. Teacher's license requirement.
(a) Except as permitted under § 6-17-309 and § 6-17-2601 et seq., no teacher shall be employed in any public school of the state who is not licensed to teach in the State of Arkansas by a license issued by the State Board of Education.
(b) Any person who shall teach in a public school in this state shall only be entitled to receive any compensation from the school funds for such services if the person has:
(1) A valid license issued by the state board; or
(2) Other documentation from the Office of Professional Licensure of the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education authorizing employment as a teacher under the conditions set forth by the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education in the documentation.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 6-17-401
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6-17-401. Teacher's license requirement.
(a) Except as permitted under § 6-17-309 and § 6-17-2601 et seq., no teacher shall be employed in any public school of the state who is not licensed to teach in the State of Arkansas by a license issued by the State Board of Education.
(b) Any person who shall teach in a public school in this state shall only be entitled to receive any compensation from the school funds for such services if the person has:
(1) A valid license issued by the state board; or
(2) Other documentation from the Office of Professional Licensure of the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education authorizing employment as a teacher under the conditions set forth by the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education in the documentation.
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6-17-2601. Purpose.
The purpose of this subchapter is to provide a lifetime teaching license to:
(1) Recognize individuals who have made significant contributions to education or the profession of teaching through educational research, scholarly endeavors, excellence in teaching, educational innovation, or years of teaching experience; and
(2) Promote role models in the field of education.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 6-17-2601
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 6-17-2601. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.
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6-17-309. Licensure — Waiver.
(a)(1) No class of students shall be under the instruction of a teacher who is not licensed to teach the grade level or subject matter of the class for more than thirty (30) consecutive school days in the same class during a school year.
(2) This provision shall not apply to:
(A) Nondegreed vocational-technical teachers;
(B) Those persons approved by the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education to teach the grade level or subject matter of the class in the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education's distance learning program;
(C) Those persons teaching concurrent credit courses or advanced placement courses who:
(i) Are employed by a postsecondary institution;
(ii) Meet the qualification requirements of that institution or the Division of Career and Technical Education; and
(iii) Are teaching in a course in which credit is offered by an institution of higher education or a technical institute;
(D) Licensed teachers teaching in the following settings:
(i) An alternative learning environment;
(ii) A juvenile detention facility;
(iii) A residential and day alcohol, drug, and psychiatric facility program;
(iv) An emergency youth shelter;
(v) A facility of the Division of Youth Services; or
(vi) A facility of the Division of Developmental Disabilities Services of the Department of Human Services; and
(E) A licensed special education teacher teaching two (2) or more core academic subjects exclusively to children with disabilities.
(b)(1) If this requirement imposes an undue hardship on a school district, the school district may apply to the State Board of Education for a waiver.
(2) The state board shall develop rules for granting a waiver.
(3) Any school district that obtains a waiver shall send w
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 6-17-309
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 6-17-309. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.