§302A-602 - Teachers; licenses and certificates. - Hawaii Statutes

     §302A-602  Teachers; licenses and certificates.  (a)  No person shall serve as a teacher in the department without first having obtained a license from the Hawaii teacher standards board in such form as the Hawaii teacher standards board determines.  The department shall establish types of certificates in the educational field and the requirements to qualify for those certificates issued to individuals who are not required to obtain a license pursuant to sections 302A-801 to 302A-808.

     (b)  Beginning with the 2002-2003 school year, no person paid under the salary schedule contained in the unit 5 collective bargaining agreement shall serve as a teacher in the department without first having obtained a license pursuant to sections 302A-801 to 302A-808 from the Hawaii teacher standards board in such form as the Hawaii teacher standards board determines.

     (c)  Beginning with the 2002-2003 school year, the department may employ unlicensed individuals as emergency hires pursuant to sections 302A-801 to 302A-808. [L 1996, c 89, pt of §2 and am c 122, §§2, 7; am L 1999, c 218, §4; am L 2001, c 312, §§4, 11; am L 2002, c 193, §1]