TITLE 33

EDUCATION

CHAPTER 12

TEACHERS

33-1204.  Validity, duration, renewal, and lapse of certificates — lifetime instructional and lifetime ADMINISTRATOR 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.

(4)  The state board of education may, subject to legislative approval, establish rules to provide for the issuance of a lifetime instructional certificate, a pupil service staff certificate, or a lifetime administrator certificate to any certificated staff who has accumulated at least twenty-five (25) years of combined certificated experience in an Idaho school district, a public charter school in Idaho, or an equivalent public school system in another jurisdiction. Experience in any certificated position may be applied toward the total required years for the certificate. Such certificate shall:

(a)  Be issued at no cost to the Idaho certificated individual;

(b)  Not require any ongoing reporting, maintenance, or professional development from the Idaho certificated individual; and

(c)  Be valid for the duration of the Idaho certificated individual’s lifetime, provided that the Idaho certificated individual does not engage in any professional misconduct that would warrant revocation pursuant to section 33-1208, Idaho Code.

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; am. 2025, ch. 58, sec. 1, p. 272; am. 2026, ch. 222, sec. 8, p. 993.]