The Office of Professional Licensure will automatically renew the teaching license for those teachers whose license will be expiring December 31, 2004.
Automatic renewal will occur only for those teachers that are teaching in an Arkansas public school during the 2003-2004 school year, hold a six or ten-year standard teaching license, and have successfully completed at least one background check through the Arkansas State Police and Federal Bureau of Investigation. Provisional licenses will not be automatically renewed. Teachers holding a provisional teaching license must submit a completed application for the renewal or conversion of their teaching license.
Documentation of staff development will not be required for the renewal of the six or ten-year teaching licenses.
Those teachers not teaching in Arkansas public school and/or have not successfully completed at least one background check, will not be automatically renewed and will have to submit an application to the Office of Professional Licensure for the renewal of their teaching license.
Automatic renewals are scheduled to occur the first week in April. Background checks needed for automatic renewal must be cleared by March 15, 2004.
All copies of licenses that are automatically renewed will be mailed to the school district where the teacher is employed during the 2003-2004 school year.
Direct questions regarding this memo to Ron Tolson, Coordinator, Professional Licensure.