# Title 67.1 — Education Standards and Practices Board

## Article 67.1-02 — Program Approval and Educator Licensure

## Chapter 67.1-02-06 — Other State Licenses

### § 67.1-02-06-01. Out-of-state reciprocal licensure.

North Dakota has conditional reciprocity with other states. To receive out-of-state reciprocal
licensure, an applicant must hold at least a bachelor's degree in education, which includes student
teaching from an accredited university from another state, province, or similar jurisdiction, or have
completed a state-approved teacher education program and submit a completed application.
1. Out-of-state reciprocal entrance requirements. Those who apply to the board, meet the
minimum reciprocity requirements, and submit a satisfactory plan for competing the remaining
North Dakota requirements must be issued a two-year out-of-state reciprocal license which
has a fee of eighty-five dollars. The minimum reciprocity qualifications are:
a. A four-year bachelor's degree, including a major meeting the issuing jurisdiction's
requirements in elementary education, middle level education, or a content area taught in
public high school;
b. Completion of a professional education sequence from a state-approved teacher
education program, including supervised student teaching;
c. Fingerprint background check as required of all initial applicants; and
d. Submission and education standards and practices board approval of a plan to complete
all remaining requirements for full North Dakota licensure as stated in section
### § 67.1-02-02-02. The plan must include the successful completion of the state-approved

test content test in the transcripted major area of early childhood, elementary, middle
level, or the core academic areas. The state-approved test must be completed within the
first two-year license period.
2. Remaining North Dakota requirements. An applicant must be notified of remaining
requirements for full North Dakota licensure by the board. All out-of-state applicants shall
submit transcripts for review by the same criteria as North Dakota applicants. The applicant
shall provide copies of transcripts from all the institutions of higher education the applicant has
attended. The nonrefundable fee for the transcript review process is one hundred seventy-five
dollars.
3. Renewals. The out-of-state reciprocal license is valid for two years and is renewable twice for
three additional years, provided adequate progress toward completing the remaining
requirements is documented and approved by the education standards and practices board.
The interim reciprocal license expires on the applicant's birthdate.
History: Effective July 1, 2012; amended effective April 1, 2018; October 1, 2020; October 1, 2021;
January 1, 2024; July 1, 2025.
General Authority: NDCC 15.1-13-09, 15.1-13-10
Law Implemented: NDCC 15.1-13-10, 15.1-13-11, 15.1-13-14, 15.1-13-20, 15.1-13-21
### § 67.1-02-06-02. Out-of-state highly qualified license.

Repealed effective April 1, 2018.

### § 67.1-02-06-03. Other state educator license (OSEL).

North Dakota other state educator licensure will be issued to those applicants who hold a regular
teaching license or certificate in early childhood, elementary, middle, or secondary education from
another state and submit the following:
1. A completed application pursuant to section 67.1-02-02-02 for the North Dakota professional
educator's license;
2. Submission to a fingerprint screening for criminal records in accordance with North Dakota
Century Code section 15.1-13-14;
3. Completion and documentation of a four-year bachelor's degree from a state-approved
teacher education program in a North Dakota-recognized program area major, including the
professional education sequence and a student teaching experience, submission of all fees
for initial licensure pursuant to section 67.1-02-02-02 and renewal as pursuant to section
67.1-02-02-04; and
4. Documentation of a valid regular professional educator's license from the issuing state.
An applicant who holds a valid out-of-state license who has completed an alternate certification
program will be issued an out-of-state license upon completion of the Praxis I, Praxis II PLT, and
Praxis II content specific test.
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. If the applicant 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 the license, pass all state licensure tests normally required of
applicants from this state.
In all other cases, a license granted under this section is valid for five years and is renewable if the
licenseholder meets the reeducation requirements established for all five-year license renewals.
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.
History: Effective July 1, 2012; amended effective October 1, 2014; October 1, 2020; October 1, 2021.
General Authority: NDCC 15.1-13-09, 15.1-13-10
Law Implemented: NDCC 15.1-13-08, 15.1-13-10, 15.1-13-11, 15.1-13-14, 15.1-13-25, 15.1-13-26
