Text Box: Administrative Rule Summary
584-060-0182 Restricted Substitute License
• New Rule	þ Amend Existing Rule	• Repeal Rule

Public Comment Date: September 1, 2014 to November 6, 2014

Prompted by:  
þ Staff Review	• State Law Changes	þ Other – Districts requests
Action Requested:  
þ First Reading	þ File as Temporary Rule 	   •Adoption    • Consent Agenda

Summary of Proposed Action: The proposed amendments are recommended by the Licensure Redesign Team and include recommendations that make the amount of days a substitute may work in a school year “unlimited” in terms of total days worked.  The amendments reduce the term of the license from three years to one year and also make sure that continuing professional development is completed prior to renewal.

 

Background:  There has been substantial debate about how much a restricted substitute may substitute throughout a school year.  This proposal from the Licensure Redesign Team attempts to create more flexibility for districts, but allow the Commission to keep track of how many of these licenses are being used each year.

 

Issues/Concerns that Surfaced (if any): Fully licensed substitute teachers object to allowing persons who have not completed teacher preparation to substitute on an unlimited basis.

 

Changed Since Last Commission Meeting?

 

þ N/A; First reading – Hasn’t been before the Commission

¨  No; same as last meeting considered

¨ Yes – As follows

 

Fiscal Impact: N/A

 

Staff Recommendation:

 

¨   Adopt rule as presented

¨  Adopt rule in the future

¨  No recommendation

þ   File as Temporary Rule and Refer Rule to Public Comment

 

 

 

Temporary Rule for Adoption

584-060-0182

Restricted Substitute License

 

 

(1) Upon filing a correct and complete application in form and manner prescribed by the commission, a qualified applicant and a co-applying district or districts may be granted a Restricted Substitute Teaching License.

(a)The Restricted Substitute Teaching License is valid for substitute teaching at any level in any specialty to replace a teacher who is temporarily unable to work.

(b) The license is valid for one year or less and expires on June 30 of each school year for which it is issued.

(c) Districts who did not co-apply with the applicant may request permission to add the substitute to their district upon filing an additional application and fee.

(d) Any single assignment on this license may not exceed 10 days consecutively under any circumstances.  [See subsection (4) below for further information.]

 

(2) To be eligible for a Restricted Substitute Teaching License, the applicant must:

(a)(A) Hold a bachelor's degree or higher from a regionally accredited institution or an approved foreign equivalent;

(B) Awarding of a higher degree in the arts and sciences or an advanced degree in the professions from a regionally accredited institution in the United States validates a non-regionally accredited bachelor's degree for licensure;

(b) Furnish fingerprints in the manner prescribed by the commission if the applicant has not been fingerprinted or has not held an active license issued by the commission in the past three years;

(c) Provide a letter from the co-applicant district stating the reasons for the license; and

(d) Obtain a passing score on a commission-approved test of knowledge of U.S. and Oregon civil rights and professional ethics.

 

(3) To be eligible for renewal of the Restricted Substitute Teaching License an applicant must:

(a) Submit letter from district requesting renewal; 

(b) Obtain a passing score as currently specified by the commission on a test of basic verbal and computational skills, unless the applicant has a master’s degree; and

(c) Complete three professional development units in accordance with OAR 584, Division 90.

 

(4) (A)A district and co-applicant educator may apply for an Emergency Teaching License for the holder of a Restricted Substitute Teaching License if the district is unable to obtain a regularly licensed teacher for any position lasting more than ten consecutive days.

(B) The Emergency Teaching License will allow the educator to teach for a time beyond the allowed timelines stated in subsections (1) above.

(C) The Executive Director may approve the Emergency Teaching License upon proof of the district’s emergency.

 

Stat. Auth.: ORS 342
Stats. Implemented: ORS 342.120 - 342.430; 342.455 - 342.495; 342.533
Hist.: TSPC 2-2009, f. & cert. ef. 3-12-09; TSPC 5-2010(Temp), f. & cert. ef. 8-13-10 thru 12-31-10; TSPC 9-2010, f. 12-15-10, cert. ef. 1-1-11

 

584-060-0182

Restricted Substitute License

 

 

(1) Upon filing a correct and complete application in form and manner prescribed by the commission, a qualified applicant and a co-applying district or districts may be granted a Restricted Substitute Teaching License.

(a) [This license, issued for three years and renewable,] The Restricted Substitute Teaching License is valid [to] for substitute teaching [for a total of 60 days a school year (September through June)] at any level in any specialty to replace a teacher who is temporarily unable to work.

(b) The license is valid for one year or less and expires on June 30 of each school year for which it is issued.

[(b) The 60 days a year limit applies regardless if the holder of the license substitutes in multiple districts as may be the case if an applicant and an ESD hold the license.]

(c) Districts who did not co-apply with the applicant may request permission to add the substitute to their district upon filing an additional application and fee.

(d) [An] Any single assignment on this license may not exceed 10 days consecutively under any circumstances; [.] [See subsection (4) below for further information.]

 

(2) To be eligible for a Restricted Substitute Teaching License, the applicant must:

(a)(A) Hold a bachelor's degree or higher from a regionally accredited institution or an approved foreign equivalent [related to teaching at one or more levels];

(B) Awarding of a higher degree in the arts and sciences or an advanced degree in the professions from a regionally accredited institution in the United States validates a non-regionally accredited bachelor's degree for licensure;

(b) Furnish fingerprints in the manner prescribed by the commission if the applicant has not been fingerprinted or has not held an active license issued by the commission in the past three years;

(c) Provide a letter from the co-applicant district stating the reasons for the license; and

(d) Obtain a passing score on a commission-approved test of knowledge of U.S. and Oregon civil rights and professional ethics.

 

(3) To be eligible for renewal of the Restricted Substitute Teaching License an applicant must:

(a) Submit letter from district requesting renewal; [and]

(b) Obtain a passing score as currently specified by the commission on a test of basic verbal and computational skills, unless the applicant has a master’s degree; [.] and

(c) Complete three professional development units in accordance with OAR 584-090.

 

(4) (A)A district and co-applicant educator may apply for an Emergency Teaching License for the holder of a Restricted Substitute Teaching License if the district is unable to obtain a regularly licensed teacher for any position lasting more than [three consecutive months] ten consecutive days.

(B) The Emergency Teaching License will allow the educator to teach for a time beyond the allowed timelines stated in subsections (1) above.

(C) The Executive Director may approve the Emergency Teaching License upon proof of the district’s emergency.

 

Stat. Auth.: ORS 342
Stats. Implemented: ORS 342.120 - 342.430; 342.455 - 342.495; 342.533
Hist.: TSPC 2-2009, f. & cert. ef. 3-12-09; TSPC 5-2010(Temp), f. & cert. ef. 8-13-10 thru 12-31-10; TSPC 9-2010, f. 12-15-10, cert. ef. 1-1-11