Minnesota Statutes Education Code: Prekindergarten-Grade 12 (Ch. 120-129C) § 122A.183. Tier 3 license

Subdivision 1. Requirements. (a) The Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board must issue a Tier 3 license to an applicant who provides information sufficient to demonstrate all of the following:

(1) the applicant has obtained a passing score on the required licensure exams undersection 122A.185;

(2) the applicant holds a bachelor's degree, unless specifically exempt by statute or rule; and

(3) the applicant has completed the coursework required under subdivision 2.

(b) The board must issue a Tier 3 license to an applicant who:

(1) completion of a Minnesota-approved teacher preparation program;

(2) completion of a state-approved teacher preparation program that includes field-specific student teaching equivalent to field-specific student teaching in Minnesota-approved teacher preparation programs. The field-specific student teaching requirement does not apply to an applicant that has two years of field-specific teaching experience;

(3) a recommendation for licensure through the licensure via portfolio process;

(4) a professional teaching license from another state, evidence that the applicant's license is in good standing, and two years of field-specific teaching experience; or

(5) three years of teaching experience under a Tier 2 license and evidence of summative teacher evaluations that did not result in placing or otherwise keeping the teacher on an improvement process pursuant tosection 122A.40, subdivision 8, or122A.41, subdivision 5.

Subd. 2a. Exemptions from a bachelor's degree. (a) The following applicants for a Tier 3 license are exempt from the requirement to hold a bachelor's degree in subdivision 1:

(b) The Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board must adopt rules regarding the qualifications and determinations for applicants exempt from the requirement to hold a bachelor's degree in subdivision 1.