Ala. Admin. Code r. 290-3-2-.24

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 1, October 31, 2024

Section 290-3-2-.24 - Emergency Certificate

(1)Overview. In cases of emergency when an individual who holds a valid Alabama certificate is not available, a superintendent or administrator who wishes to employ an individual may request an Emergency Certificate. The Emergency Certificate is not an alternative certificate. An individual holding an Emergency Certificate cannot be deemed highly qualified.

(2)Limitations on Issuance.

(a) An individual who holds a valid Alabama certificate is not eligible to receive an Emergency Certificate.

(b) An Emergency Certificate is issued only for a single teaching field or area of instructional support.

(c) An Emergency Certificate will not be issued for driver and traffic safety education, school psychometry, or school psychology.

(d) An individual who has held one Emergency Certificate is not eligible to receive another Emergency Certificate in any teaching field or area of instructional support.

(e)Effective beginning with the 2016-2017 scholastic year, an individual who holds or previously held a Career and Technical Education Temporary Certificate in health science or a technical education program area is not eligible to receive an Emergency Certificate in the same area.

(3)Application.

(a) The applicant is required to submit to the employing superintendent or administrator the current application for this approach and documentation of having met all requirements as prescribed in Rule 290-3-2-.24 and on the application.

(b) The superintendent or administrator who wishes to employ the applicant is required to submit to the Educator Certification Section:

1. A recommendation requesting issuance of the Emergency Certificate.

2. The applicant's current application and documentation of having met all requirements.

(4)Requirements. All requirements must be successfully completed prior to the date the application is received in the Educator Certification Section.

(a) Successful completion of the Alabama Special Requirements in Rule 290-3-2-.02(4).

(b) Verification on an official transcript(s) of an earned bachelor's or higher degree from a senior institution that was regionally accredited at the time the degree was conferred.

(c) An Emergency Certificate in the technical education program area of cosmetology requires verification of a valid Alabama Cosmetology Instructor License.

(d) An Emergency Certificate in health science requires verification of an active Alabama license in a registered nursing, paramedical, or an approved allied health specialty.

(5)Degree Level. The Emergency Certificate shall be issued at the bachelor's degree level.

(6)Valid Period. The valid period of the Emergency Certificate shall be no more than one scholastic year (July 1 to June 30). The Emergency Certificate shall be valid from the date the certificate is issued through June 30 of the scholastic year for which it is issued. The Emergency Certificate will not be continued, renewed, reinstated, or reissued.

Ala. Admin. Code r. 290-3-2-.24

New Rule: Filed August 4, 2008; effective September 8, 2008. Repealed and New Rule: Filed December 10, 2010; effective January 14, 2011. Repealed and New Rule: Filed June 15, 2012; effective July 20, 2012. Amended: Filed March 14, 2013; effective April 18, 2013. Amended: Filed August 8, 2013; effective September 12, 2013. Repealed and New Rule: Filed January 17, 2014; effective February 21, 2014.

Adopted by Alabama Administrative Monthly Volume XXXIV, Issue No. 06, March 31, 2016, eff. 4/24/2016.

Rule was previously .12 and renumber to .24 as per certification file December 10, 2010.

Author: Dr. Thomas R. Bice

Statutory Authority:Code of Ala. 1975, Ala. Const. Amend. 284, §§ 16-3-11, 16-23-1, 16-23-2.