15-534.04. Reciprocal discipline; certificated and noncertificated persons; definition

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A. A final adjudication or judgment in another jurisdiction that a certificated or noncertificated person has engaged in immoral or unprofessional conduct shall be treated as immoral or unprofessional conduct for the purposes of any disciplinary proceeding conducted against that person in this state.

B. An applicant for certification who has been disciplined in another jurisdiction for immoral or unprofessional conduct shall successfully complete the disciplinary process in that jurisdiction before that person may apply for certification in this state.

C. After receiving notification that a person's educator certificate has been revoked or suspended in another jurisdiction, the state board of education may revoke or suspend all certificates issued in this state to that person in a manner that is consistent with the terms of revocation or suspension in the other jurisdiction, unless that person requests a hearing pursuant to title 41, chapter 6, article 6. After conducting a hearing requested pursuant to this subsection, the state board of education shall determine whether to uphold or decline the revocation or suspension.

D. A noncertificated person who has been disciplined in another jurisdiction for immoral or unprofessional conduct must successfully complete the disciplinary process in that jurisdiction before the noncertificated person may be employed by a school district or charter school in this state.

E. After receiving notice that another jurisdiction has revoked or suspended a noncertificated person's ability to be employed by a public school in that jurisdiction, the state board of education may prohibit the noncertificated person from being employed by a school district or charter school in this state in a manner that is consistent with the terms of revocation or suspension in the other jurisdiction, unless the noncertificated person requests a hearing pursuant to title 41, chapter 6, article 6. After conducting a hearing requested pursuant to this subsection, the state board of education shall determine whether to uphold or to decline the revocation or suspension.

F. For the purposes of this section, "noncertificated person" has the same meaning prescribed in section 15-505.