Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

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Title 5-DEPARTMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION
Division 80-Teacher Quality and Urban Education
Chapter 800-Educator Certification

5 CSR 80-800.290 Application for Substitute Certificate of License to Teach

PURPOSE:  This rule outlines the procedures for application for a substitute certificate of license to teach.

(1) An applicant for a substitute Missouri certificate of license to teach who has successfully completed sixty (60) semester hours or more of credit from an academic degree granting institution which is contained within the United States Department of Education’s Directory of Post-Secondary Institutions, or approved by the commissioner of education, and possesses good moral character may be granted a substitute Missouri certificate of license to teach pursuant to the rules promulgated by the State Board of Education (board).

(2) An applicant for a career/technical substitute Missouri certificate of license to teach who has successfully completed:

(A) A bachelor’s degree in an area appropriate for the career/technical area sought and four thousand (4,000) hours of locally approved, related occupational experience; or

(B) An associate’s degree in an area appropriate for the career/technical area sought and five thousand (5,000) hours of locally approved, related experience; or

(C) Six thousand (6,000) hours of locally approved, related occupational experience; or

(D) Approved by the commissioner of education and possesses good moral character may be granted a career/technical substitute Missouri certificate of license to teach for a period of four (4) years.

(3) An applicant for a substitute Missouri certificate of license to teach who holds a valid Missouri certificate of license to teach in a content or career/technical area; or approved by the commissioner of education and possesses good moral character may be granted a substitute Missouri certificate of license to teach for a period of four (4) years. Applicants may renew the substitute certificate of license to teach by completing a new fingerprint report every four (4) years or when employed by a new school district’s required fingerprinting.

(4) Applications for a substitute Missouri certificate of license to teach shall be confirmed by the hiring school district in a manner designated by the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE).

(5) An application is not considered officially filed with the State Board of Education (board) until it has been determined by the board or DESE staff to be complete and the application is submitted on the forms provided by the board, signed, and accompanied by two (2) full sets of fingerprints with the appropriate fee as set by the Missouri State Highway Patrol (Highway Patrol) and/or Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and any other applicable forms and/or fees. All information should be received by the board within ninety (90) days of the date of the application.

(A) The applicant is responsible for submitting the fingerprints in the manner acceptable to the Highway Patrol and/or FBI and the payment of any fees required by the Highway Patrol and/or FBI.

AUTHORITY: sections 161.092, 168.021, 168.071, and 168.081, RSMo Supp. 2009 and 

section 168.011, RSMo 2000.* Emergency rule filed July 30, 1999, effective Aug. 9, 1999, expired Jan. 26, 2000. Original rule filed July 30, 1999, effective Feb. 29, 2000. Amended: Filed Sept. 12, 2003, effective April 30, 2004. Amended: Filed June 30, 2005, effective Jan. 30, 2006. Amended: Filed Feb. 1, 2010, effective Sept. 30, 2010.

For more information regarding this rule, please contact the
Educator Certification Section at (573) 751-0051.