(1)
Purpose of License Conditional
Assignment: An Oregon school district may request a License for
Conditional Assignment (LCA) for any educator holding a Preliminary,
Professional, Teacher Leader, Legacy or Reciprocal teaching license. The
purpose of a LCA is to allow a school district to request mis-assignment for an
educator to teach in an out-of-field subject-matter endorsement area or serve
in another license area for which the educator is not authorized, while the
educator completes requirements necessary either to add the subject-matter
endorsement to the underlying license or to obtain a new license
type.
(2)
Scope of LCA
requirement: The LCA is required when teaching or working out-of-field,
as provided:
(a) Teaching assignments that
exceed 10 hours per week in one subject-matter area without the appropriate
subject-matter endorsement. This provision does not apply to teaching
assignments in ODE-approved CTE programs;
EXAMPLE: A physical education teacher without a
math endorsement teaching in a math assignment that exceeds 10 hours per week
would require a LCA for math. If the physical education teacher is teaching
math fewer than 10 hours a week, the teacher would not require a LCA.
(b) Teaching in more than one
unendorsed subject-matter endorsement area for any amount of time;
EXAMPLE: If the physical education teacher is
teaching hour of math and one hour of science; then a LCA would be required for
both areas regardless of the 10 hours per week rule. The 10 hours per week rule
applies to one subject only.
(c) Moving from one license to another; or
EXAMPLE: A teacher moving to administration, a
teacher moving to school counselor, or a teacher moving to school
psychology.
(d) Teaching in
a CTE area or program that requires a CTE endorsement;
EXAMPLE: An advanced math teacher without a CTE
endorsement teaching mechanical engineering in an ODE-approved CTE program
would require a LCA for the CTE endorsement.
(3)
Term of LCA: The LCA
provides conditional approval to teach out-of-field, as provided:
(a) All LCAs will expire on June 30 following
the date the LCA is issued;
(b) The
LCA is not renewable, but may be reauthorized as provided in subsections (9)
and (10).
(c) The LCA will not be
"back dated." Time spent on assignments where the district failed to request
the LCA will be deducted from the allowable LCA total.
(d) The LCA may not exceed more than three
academic years in total.
(e) The
LCA is not a stand-alone or independent license. The underlying license must be
kept current in order for the LCA to remain active.
(4)
District Sponsorship: A LCA
requires sponsorship by the employing school district, as provided:
(a) A district must apply for a LCA by
October 31 for the fall term; or thereafter, apply for the LCA within two weeks
after the assignment has begun;
(b)
A district must provide professional assistance specific to the assignment for
the educator during the first year of the conditional assignment;
(c) The district applying for a LCA is
assumed to have informed the educator for which the LCA is being requested.
Failure to inform the educator may result in an invalid LCA upon a finding by
the Commission that the educator did not grant the district permission to add
the LCA to the educator's license; and
(d) The LCA is restricted to use within the
sponsoring district. The LCA may be transferred to a new district unless the
eligibility for the LCA has expired.
EXAMPLE: A teacher has held a LCA for special
education for two years sponsored by District A. The LCA may be transferred for
one more year to a different sponsoring district.
(5)
Ineligible Licenses:
Licenses not eligible for a LCA include, but are not limited to, the following
licenses:
(a) Any Restricted
License;
(b) Limited Teaching
License;
(c) American Indian
Language;
(d) Teaching Associate
License;
(e) Substitute Teaching
License;
(f) Restricted Substitute
Teaching License;
(g) Limited
Student Services License;
(h)
Exceptional Administrator License;
(i) International Visiting Teaching License;
or
(j) Any CTE Teaching License.
(This restriction only applies to non-CTE
endorsements.)
(6)
Other Special LCA
Limitations:
(a) An administrator,
school counselor, or school psychologist who has never held a non-provisional
teaching license in any state may not be issued a LCA to teach;
(b) Applicants seeking a LCA in school
counseling or school psychology must hold at least a bachelor's degree or
master's, educational specialist, or doctoral degree in the respective field of
counseling or psychology; and
(c)
Applicants must never have held any one of the following licenses or permits
endorsed in the subject-matter area or licensure areas in which the educator is
seeking to work out-of- field:
(A)
Conditional assignment permit;
(B)
Restricted Licenses.
(7)
Applying for the first LCA:
To be eligible to apply for a LCA, an applicant must:
(a) Hold an active and valid qualifying
non-provisional Oregon license;
(b)
Provide a statement from sponsoring district that
(A) Requests the LCA be authorized;
and
(B) Assures the district will
provide professional assistance to the educator; and
(c) Submit a complete and correct application
in the form and manner required by the Commission, including payment of all
required fees as provided in OAR
584-200-0050.
(8)
No reauthorizations: For
endorsements that require only a test, experience, or nine quarter hours or
less of coursework, the applicant must complete all endorsement requirementsby
June 30th following the date the first LCA is issued.
NOTE: After expiration of the final LCA, the
applicant is subject to the requirements for subsequent authorization, as
provided in subsection (11).
(9)
First Reauthorization (2nd
LCA): To be eligible to apply for the first reauthorization of the LCA,
an applicant must:
(a) Hold an active and
valid qualifying non-provisional Oregon license;
(b) Provide a statement from sponsoring
district that:
(A) Requests the LCA be
reauthorized;
(B) Assures the
district will continue to provide professional assistance to the
educator;
(C) Assures the educator
is on target to meet the qualifications for the endorsement or license by the
end of the educator's eligibility for LCA authorizations.
(c) Submit a complete and correct application
in the form and manner required by the Commission, including payment of all
required fees as provided in OAR
584-200-0050.
NOTE: The 2nd LCA will expire on June 30th
following the date the 2nd LCA is issued. After expiration of the 2nd LCA, the
applicant must meet the requirements for the second reauthorization as provided
in subsection (10) or subsequent authorization as provided in subsection
(11).
(10)
Second Reauthorization (3rd and final LCA): To be eligible to
apply for the second reauthorization of the LCA, an applicant must:
(a) Hold an active and valid qualifying
non-provisional Oregon license;
(b)
Provide a statement from sponsoring district requesting the LCA;
(c) Provide a statement from sponsoring
district that:
(A) Requests the LCA be
reauthorized;
(B) Assures the
district will continue to provide professional assistance to the
educator;
(C) Assures the educator
is on target to meet the qualifications for the endorsement or license by the
end of the educator's eligibility for LCA authorizations.
(d) Submit a complete and correct application
in the form and manner required by the Commission, including payment of all
required fees as provided in OAR
584-200-0050.
NOTE: The 3rd LCA will expire on June 30th
following the date the 3rd LCA is issued. After expiration of the final LCA,
the applicant is subject to the requirements for subsequent authorization, as
provided in subsection (11).
(11) After the final LCA has expired, the
educator must have completed all requirements necessary to add the appropriate
endorsement or license in order to continue working in the area in which the
educator held the LCA. Continuing to work in an out-of-field position on an
expired LCA is a violation of licensure law and is unauthorized. In these
cases, the license-holder or the assigning administrator or both may be subject
to sanctions for gross neglect of duty by the Commission pursuant to
584-020-0040(4),
Grounds for Disciplinary Action.
Notes
Or. Admin. Code §
584-210-0160
TSPC
12-2015, f. 11-13-15, cert. ef.
1/1/2016;
TSPC
1-2016, f. & cert. ef.
2/10/2016;
TSPC
6-2016, f. & cert. ef.
11/15/2016;
TSPC
4-2017, f. 6-27-17, cert. ef.
7/1/2017;
TSPC
8-2018, amend filed 06/20/2018, effective
6/20/2018;
TSPC
18-2021, amend filed 11/15/2021, effective
1/3/2022
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 342
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS
342.120 - 342.430,
342.455 - 342.495 & 342.553
