Pub. L. 93-407, tit. II, sec. 204

Sec. 204. (a) Each person receiving basic compensation under class 15 of the salary schedule in section 1(a) of the District of Columbia Teachers’ Salary Act of 1955 (D.C. Code, sec. 31–1501) shall be issued a five-year teaching certificate. Renewals shall be dependent upon application and six or more hours of appropriate credit earned during the preceding five-year period. The District of Columbia Board of Education shall establish appropriate rules, regulations, and requirements to carry out the purposes of this section. (b) For the purposes of this section, class 15, group B, shall include persons possessing a master’s degree or thirty appropriate semester hours beyond the bachelor’s degree. 88 Stat. 1050 (c) For purposes of implementing this section the Board shall determine the appropriateness of the course work obtained in lieu of the degree.