NAC391.054. Licensure of person licensed or certified in another state; issuance of provisional license under certain circumstances.

     1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the Superintendent of Public Instruction may issue a license to teach special education to a person who is licensed and endorsed to teach special education in any other state and may issue a license with any other endorsement to a person who is licensed or certified in a state that has entered into an interstate certification contract with the State of Nevada through the National Association of State Directors of Teacher Education and Certification if:

     (a) The applicant holds a license or certificate issued by the other state;

     (b) The applicant holds a bachelor’s degree from an institution accredited by a regional accrediting association and has completed any postbaccalaureate studies required in this State for the issuance of a license;

     (c) The license or certificate issued by the other state is not:

          (1) A temporary permit, an emergency, alternative or conditional license or a credential to teach multiple subjects;

          (2) A license or certificate for which completion of a bachelor’s or higher degree is unnecessary;

          (3) A license or certificate for which completion of professional education course work through a college or university accredited by a regional accrediting association is unnecessary; or

          (4) A letter or other form of authorization from another state or a county, city, school district or department of education in another state which entitles the person to teach in the same capacity as a licensed teacher on a temporary basis;

     (d) The grade levels and subject areas covered by the license or certificate issued by the other state are the same as the grade levels and subject areas for which the applicant is seeking licensure in this State; and

     (e) The applicant has satisfactorily taught in the other state, in an assignment similar to the assignment for which licensure is sought in this State, during at least 3 out of the 5 years immediately preceding the application for licensure in Nevada.

     2. If the applicant has not complied with the requirements of NAC 391.030 or 391.036 at the time he or she applies for a license pursuant to this section, the Superintendent of Public Instruction may only issue a provisional license to the applicant. The provisional license is not renewable.

     (Added to NAC by Comm’n on Prof. Standards in Education, eff. 1-11-96; A by R092-97, 1-14-98; R028-11, 10-26-2011)