Section 49.62a. Program Specialist Certificate

(a) The Department may issue a Program Specialist Certificate upon verification that the applicant meets the requirements established for that certificate.

(b) Program Specialist Certificates may be issued for a selected area of service when a certificate does not exist for that area. The certificates may be issued only to a person who holds a valid Pennsylvania certificate or its equivalent from another state. Annually, the Department will report to the Board the number and nature of these certificates issued during the year.

(c) Program Specialist Certificates are valid only for the position described in the approved position description and will be annotated on the teaching certificate of the individual. They will be valid throughout this Commonwealth.

The provisions of this § 49.62a amended September 12, 1980, effective September 13, 1980, 10 Pa.B. 3665; amended September 24, 1999, effective September 25, 1999, 29 Pa.B. 4954; amended July 14, 2006, effective July 15, 2006, 36 Pa.B. 3655. Immediately preceding text appears at serial page (260813).

Notation

Authority

The provisions of this § 49.62a issued under sections 1317 and 1319 of The Administrative Code of 1929 (71 P. S. § § 367 and 369).