Alternate Route/Restricted License Program
Kansas State Regulations for Licensure

Applicable to Restricted Teaching and Restricted School Specialist License

 From KSDE 91-1-201. Type of licensure

 (j) (1) Each restricted teaching license shall be valid for three consecutive school years from the date of issuance.

(2) A restricted teaching license may be issued for one or more of the following levels:

(A) Late childhood through early adolescence (grades 5 through 8); (not available at ESU)

(B) early adolescence through late adolescence and adulthood (grades 6 through 12); or

(C) early childhood through late adolescence and adulthood (prekindergarten through grade 12). (not available at ESU)

(k) (1) Each restricted school specialist license shall be valid for three consecutive school years from the date of issuance.

(2) Each restricted school specialist license shall be issued for all levels.

(l) (1) Each restricted district leadership license shall be valid for three years from the date of issuance.

(2) A restricted district leadership license shall be issued for all levels.

(m) (1) Each provisional teaching endorsement license shall be valid for two years from the date of issuance.

From KSDE 91-1-202. Endorsements
(j) Endorsements available for the restricted teaching license shall be issued in the content area and valid only for the local education agency approved by the state board.
From KSDE 91-1-203. Licensure requirements.
(h) Restricted teaching license.
(1) Each applicant for a restricted teaching license shall submit to the state board the following:

(A) An application for a restricted teaching license and the appropriate fee;

(B) an official transcript or transcripts verifying completion of an undergraduate or graduate degree in the content area or with equivalent coursework in the area for which the restricted license is sought;

(C) verification of a minimum 2.50 cumulative grade point average on a 4.0 scale; and

(D) documentation of the following:
(i) The local education agency has exhausted reasonable attempts to locate and hire a licensed person for the position which the applicant is to fill;
(ii) the local education agency will employ the applicant if the license is issued;
(iii) the local education agency will assign a licensed teacher with three or more years of experience to serve as a mentor for the applicant;
(iv) the local educational agency will provide, within the first six weeks of employment, a new teacher orientation or induction program for the applicant; and
(v) the local education agency has collaborated with a Kansas teacher education institution regarding the program the applicant will pursue to obtain full licensure, and it will provide accommodations to the applicant, including release time, in order to work with the mentor teacher and to complete coursework needed for full licensure; and

(E) a statement from the licensing officer of a Kansas teacher education institution attesting to the following:
(i) The applicant has on file a written plan that will qualify the applicant for full licensure in the content area for which the restricted certificate is sought;
(ii) the plan for program completion can be completed in not more than three years and contains a specific designation of the coursework that is to be completed each year;
(iii) the program provided to the applicant will meet the institution’s approved professional education standards;
(iiv) the institution will provide the applicant with on-site support at the employing local education agency, including supervision of the applicant’s teaching experience; and
(v) the institution has collaborated with the employing local education agency concerning the applicant’s program.

(2) Each local education agency that employs a person holding a restricted teaching license shall submit to the commissioner of education a progress report before July 1 of each year during the effective period of the restricted license. This progress report shall include the following:
(A) Verification that the applicant has attained passing scores on content assessment required by the state board of education by the end of the first year;
(B) verification from the chief administrative officer of the employing local education agency attesting to the following information:
(i) The applicant's contract will be renewed; and
(ii) the local education agency will continue to assign an experienced mentor teacher to the applicant and provide accommodations to the applicant to work with the mentor teacher and to complete the applicant's plan for full licensure;
(C) a statement from the licensing officer of the applicant's teacher education institution attesting to the following:
(i) The applicant has made appropriate progress toward completion of the applicant's plan to qualify for full licensure; and
(ii) the institution will continue to support the applicant, on-site, as necessary; and
(D) an official transcript verifying that the applicant has attained at least a 2.50 GPA on a 4.0 scale in those courses specified in the applicant's plan for full licensure.

(3) Each applicant who is unable to provide any verification or statement required in paragraph (2) of this subsection shall no longer be eligible to hold a restricted teaching license and shall return any previously issued restricted teaching license to the state board.
(i) Restricted school specialist license.
(1) Each applicant for a restricted school specialist license with endorsement for school library media or school counselor shall submit to the state board the following:
(A) An application for a restricted school specialist license and the appropriate fee;
(B) an official transcript or transcripts verifying completion of a graduate degree in the content area of counseling or library media;
(C) verification of a minimum of three years of full-time professional counseling or librarian experience;
(D) verification of a minimum 3.25 cumulative grade point average on a 4.0 scale in graduate coursework and
(E) documentation that the following are met:
(i) The local education agency has made reasonable attempts to locate and hire a licensed person for the restricted school specialist position that the applicant is to fill;
(ii) the local education agency will employ the applicant if the license is issued;
(iii) the local education agency has an agreement with an experienced school specialist in the same content area to serve as a mentor for the applicant;
(iv) the local educational agency will provide, within the first six weeks of employment, an orientation or induction program for the applicant;
(v) the local education agency has collaborated with a Kansas teacher education institution regarding the program that the applicant will pursue to obtain full licensure; and
(vi) the local education agency will provide release time for the candidate to work with the mentor and to work on progress toward program completion; and
(F) a statement from the licensing officer of a Kansas teacher education institution attesting to the following:
(i) The applicant has on file a written plan that will qualify the applicant for full licensure in the school specialist content area for which the restricted license is sought;
(ii) the plan for program completion can be completed in not more than three years and contains a specific designation of the coursework that is to be completed each year;
(iii) the program provided to the applicant will meet the institution's approved professional education standards;
(iv) the institution will provide the applicant with on-site support; and
(v) the institution has collaborated with the employing local education agency concerning the applicant's program.
(2) Each applicant shall verify successful completion of the pedagogical assessment as determined by the state board during the term of the restricted school specialist license.
(3) Each local education agency that employs a person holding a restricted school specialist license shall submit to the commissioner of education a progress report before July 1 of each year during the effective period of the restricted school specialist license. This progress report shall include the following:
(A) Verification that the applicant has attained passing scores on the content assessment required by the state board of education by the end of the first year;
(B) verification from the chief administrative officer of the employing local education agency attesting to the following:
(i) The applicant's contract will be renewed; and
(ii) the local education agency will continue to assign an experienced mentor teacher to the applicant and provide accommodations to the applicant to work with the mentor teacher and to complete the applicant's plan for full licensure;
(C) a statement from the licensing officer of the applicant's teacher education institution attesting to the following:
(i) The applicant has made appropriate progress toward completion of the applicant's plan to qualify for full licensure; and
(ii) the institution will continue to support the applicant, on-site, as necessary; and
(D) an official transcript verifying that the applicant has attained at least a 3.25 GPA on a 4.0 scale in the courses specified in the applicant's plan for full licensure.
(4) Each applicant who is unable to provide any verification or statement required in paragraph (2) of this subsection shall no longer be eligible to hold a restricted school specialist license

Last Updated June 4, 2008