TITLE 33

EDUCATION

CHAPTER 12

TEACHERS

33-1204.  Validity, duration, renewal, and lapse of certificates. (1) The state board of education shall by rule provide for the validity, duration, renewal, and lapse of certificates. In addition, rules promulgated by the state board of education shall set forth criteria for renewal of administrator certificates, which shall include a requirement that administrator certificate holders must complete a course consisting of a minimum of three (3) semester credits in the statewide framework for teachers’ evaluations, such course shall include a laboratory component.

(2)  If the holder of a certificate who has undergone a criminal history check pursuant to district policy as provided in section 33-512(15), Idaho Code, is found to have been convicted of any felony crime enumerated in section 33-1208, Idaho Code, the certificate shall be revoked or suspended as provided in this chapter.

(3)  The state board of education may by rule require professional development credits as a condition of certificate renewal, provided that such rule must recognize providing instruction in a professional development course or in a course at an institution of higher education as an option to complete required credits.

History:

[33-1204, added 1963, ch. 13, sec. 146, p. 27; am. 1984, ch. 70, sec. 1, p. 132; am. 1988, ch. 118, sec. 1, p. 217; am. 1996, ch. 375, sec. 4, p. 1277; am. 1998, ch. 88, sec. 6, p. 302; am. 2006, ch. 244, sec. 7, p. 749; am. 2015, ch. 229, sec. 13, p. 719; am. 2019, ch. 262, sec. 1, p. 773.]