North Dakota Century Code Title 15.1. Elementary and Secondary Education § 15.1-13-20. Applicants licensed in other states

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.