16 NCAC 06C .0307         additional teaching areas

(a)  An applicant may request to add a new license area to an existing IPL or CPL. An applicant may only add a license area to an IPL if the applicant has met the licensure examination requirements for the initial license area. To qualify for additional areas on a teaching license, the applicant shall:

(1)           Satisfy the applicable licensure examination requirements for that license area; or

(2)           Complete 24 credit hours of coursework from an institution of higher education in the license area and obtain a grade of C or better in each course.

(b)  For the following license areas, an applicant may only add that license area by satisfying the applicable licensure examination requirements and cannot add that license area through coursework alone:

(1)           Elementary Education

(2)           Exceptional Children: General Curriculum

History Note:        Authority G.S. 115C-12(9); 115C-270.5; 115C-270.15; 115C-270.20;

Eff. July 1, 1986;

Amended Eff. January 2, 2006; August 1, 2000; January 2, 1998; July 1, 1994; December 1, 1991;

Readopted Eff. July 1, 2026.