North Dakota Code § 15.1-13-20

Applicants licensed in other states
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1. The board shall grant a teaching license to an applicant who holds a regular teaching 
license or certificate from another state, provided:
a. The applicant's licensure or certification is based upon a minimum of a bachelor's 
degree with a major that meets the issuing state's requirements in early childhood 
education, elementary education, middle level education, or a content area taught 
at a public high school;
b. The applicant's licensure or certification is based upon the completion of a 
professional education sequence from a state -approved teacher education 
program and includes supervised student teaching;
c. The applicant submits the required fee and a criminal history record check , as 
required of initial applicants by this chapter; and
d. The criminal history record check reveals nothing for which a North Dakota 
applicant would be denied initial licensure.
2. a. A license granted under this section is valid for two years if the applicant has not 
been licensed in another state for at least eighteen months.
b. Notwithstanding subdivision a, if the individual received a teaching license or 
certificate from another state on or after January 1, 2002, and if the issuing state 
did not require that the individual pass a state test as a condition of licensure or 

certification, the board shall require that the individual, within two years from the 
date of licensure, pass all state licensure tests normally required of applicants 
from this state.
c. In all other cases, a license granted under this section is valid for five years and is 
renewable if the licenseholder meets the re-education requirements established 
for all five-year license renewals.
3. A license granted under this section must include all of the applicant's endorsements 
issued or recognized by the applicant's other state of licensure.

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