Arkansas Code Title 6. Education § 6-17-403. Provisional licensure for teachers trained and licensed in other states

(b)(1) A person who has not successfully completed the licensure tests required under § 6-17-402 and who has not previously held an Arkansas standard license but meets degree, course work, and experience requirements for a standard license and who otherwise qualifies to teach in the public schools of this state may receive a three-year nonrenewable provisional license and be employed by any public school district in this state for a period not to exceed three (3) years while completing the professional development, course work, or training necessary to successfully pass the stand-alone reading assessment under § 6-17-402.

(2) A school district that hires a teacher who has not successfully completed the licensure tests required under § 6-17-402 shall not be penalized by the state board provided that the length of employment of the teacher while nonlicensed does not exceed one (1) year.

(1) A valid, standard teaching license or its Arkansas equivalent that:

(2) Successful completion of the criminal records checks and Child Maltreatment Central Registry check under § 6-17-410;

(3) Higher education transcripts evidencing the award of at least a baccalaureate degree;

(4) Successful completion of the licensure tests required under § 6-17-402;

(5) Completion of a program for:

(6) Payment of applicable licensure fees.