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Missouri Certification Requirements

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This page contains the text of a regulation adopted by the Missouri State Board of Education.  An official copy of the full text of this regulation is contained in the Code of State Regulations, published by the Office of Secretary of State.

Missouri Certification Requirements

Certification Requirements -- Effective August 1, 2017
(Rules 5 CSR 20-400.500 through 5 CSR 20-400.700) 
begins on Page 40 of the Code of State Regulations

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