10.57.425    CLASS 5 PROVISIONAL LICENSE - ENDORSEMENTS

(1) Subject field endorsement must be in areas approved for endorsement by the Board of Public Education.

(2)  Areas approved for endorsement on Class 5 provisional license include the following: agriculture, art K-12, biology, business education, chemistry, communication, computer science, early childhood (P-3), earth science, economics, elementary education (K-8), English, English as a second language K-12, family and consumer sciences, geography, health, health and physical education K-12, history, industrial trades and technology education, journalism, library K-12, mathematics, middle grades (4-8), music K-12, physical education K-12, physics, political science, psychology, reading K-12, school counseling K-12, science (broadfield), social studies (broadfield), sociology, special education P-12, special education P-12 hearing impairment, special education P-12 vision impairment, theater, traffic education, and world languages K-12.

(3)  As appropriate, grade level endorsements may be issued as consistent with the educator preparation program completed by the applicant.

(4)  To obtain an early childhood (P-3), elementary (K-8), middle grades (4-8), secondary (5-12 content-specific), K-12 (as delineated in ARM 10.57.412), or P-12 (special education and school psychologist) endorsement, an applicant must provide verification of:

(a)  a bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited college or university; and

(b)  for those applicants who have not completed an approved educator preparation program, a plan of study from an approved educator preparation program verifying that the applicant:

(i)  can meet the requirements for full licensure within the three-year valid period of the license; and

(ii)  meets the professional educator preparation program's admission requirements.

History: Mont. Const. Art. X, sec. 9, 20-4-102, MCA; IMP, Mont. Const. Art. X, sec. 9, 20-4-106, 20-4-108, MCA; NEW, 2002 MAR p. 3309, Eff. 11/28/02; AMD, 2009 MAR p. 325, Eff. 3/27/09; AMD, 2009 MAR p. 2244, Eff. 11/26/09; AMD, 2014 MAR p. 2930, Eff. 7/1/15; AMD, 2015 MAR p. 2091, Eff. 11/26/15; AMD, 2022 MAR p. 799, Eff. 5/28/22.