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 Arizona Administrative Code (Last Updated: November 17, 2016)
 Title 7. EDUCATION
 Chapter 2. STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION
 Article 6. CERTIFICATION

  Section R7-2-621. Reciprocity  

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  • The Board shall issue a comparable Arizona provisional certificate, if one is established pursuant to this Chapter, to an applicant who holds a valid certificate from another state and possesses a bache- lor’s or higher degree from an accredited institution.

    1.

    Certificates shall be valid for one year and are nonrenew-

     

    seq. (“504 accommodation plan”).” For the purposes of

     

    able.

     

    this Section, “504 accommodation plan” means a plan

    2.

    The applicant shall possess a valid fingerprint clearance

     

    developed for the purpose of specifying accommodations

     

    card issued by the Arizona Department of Public Safety.

     

    and/or services that will be implemented by classroom

     

    Applicants who were fingerprinted in another state with

     

    teachers and other school personnel so that students will

     

    substantially similar criminal history or teacher finger-

     

    benefit from their educational program.

     

    printing requirements shall be required to provide docu-

    B.

    Educational Interpreters for the Hearing Impaired.

     

    mentation that an application for a fingerprint clearance

     

    1.     Persons employed by or contracting with schools and

     

    card has been submitted to the Arizona Department of

     

    school districts to provide educational interpreting ser-

     

    Public Safety. “Substantially similar” criminal history or

     

    vices for hearing impaired students must meet the follow-

     

    teacher fingerprinting requirements shall be determined

     

    ing qualifications from and after January 1, 2005:

     

    by  the   Investigations  Unit  and   shall,  at   a  minimum,

     

    a.      Have a high school diploma or GED;

     

    include local law enforcement and FBI checks.

     

    b.     Hold a valid fingerprint clearance card, and

    3.

    The deficiencies allowed pursuant to Arizona Revised

     

    c.      Show proficiency in interpreting skills through one

     

    Statutes in Arizona Constitution, United States Constitu-

     

    of the following:

     

    tion, and a passing score on all required portions of the

     

    i.      A minimum passing score of 3.5 or higher on

     

    Arizona Teacher Proficiency Assessment shall be satis-

     

    the      Educational        Interpreter        Performance

     

    fied prior to the issuance of the same type certificate pre-

     

    Assessment (EIPA), or

     

    scribed in this Chapter, except as noted below:

     

    ii.     Hold a valid Certificate of Interpretation (CI)

     

    a.      The professional knowledge portion of the Arizona

     

    and/or Certificate of Transliteration (CT) from

     

    Teacher Proficiency Assessment shall be waived for

     

    the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (RID),

     

    applicants  with  three   years  of  verified  teaching

     

    or

     

    experience.  The  three  years  of  verified   teaching

     

    iii.   Hold a valid certificate from the National Asso-

     

    experience  shall  have  been  during  the   last  valid

     

    ciation of the Deaf (NAD) at level 3 or higher.

     

    period of the certificate produced from the other

     

    2.     If a public education agency (PEA) is unable to find an

     

    state.

     

    individual meeting the above qualifications, the PEA may

     

    b.     The  subject  knowledge  portion  of  the   Arizona

     

    hire an individual with lesser qualifications, but the PEA

     

    Teacher Proficiency Assessment shall be waived for

     

    is required to provide a professional development plan for

     

    applicants who hold a master’s degree or higher in

     

    the individual they employ to provide educational inter-

     

    the subject area to be taught.

     

    preting  services.   This  professional   development  plan

     

    c.      The professional knowledge and subject knowledge

     

    must include the following:

     

    portions of the Arizona Teacher Proficiency Assess-

     

    a.      Proof of at least 24 hours of training in interpreting

     

    ment shall be waived for applicants who hold a cur-

     

    each year that a valid certification is not held or

     

    rent   certificate   from   the   National   Board    for

     

    EIPA passing score is not attained, and

     

    Professional Teaching Standards.

     

    b.     Documentation of a plan for the individual to meet

    4.

    For the purpose of this rule the requirements in R7-2-

     

    the  required  qualifications  within  three  years  of

     

    615(J), related to Provisional Structured English Lan-

     

    employment. If the qualifications are not attained

     

    guage Immersion Endorsements, shall be waived for a

     

    within three years, but progress toward attainment is

     

    period not to exceed one year.

     

    demonstrated, the plan shall be modified to include

Historical Note

New Section recodified from R7-2-620 at 15 A.A.R. 2146, effective August 25, 2008 (Supp. 09-4). Former R7-2-621 recodified to R7-2-622; new R7-2-621 recodi- fied from R7-2-620 at 16 A.A.R. 68, effective December 8, 2008 (Supp. 10-1). Amended by exempt rulemaking at

16 A.A.R. 135, effective September 21, 2009 (Supp. 10-

1).