Types of credentials

1. Beginning on April 1, 2021, the plan of study option to qualify for a library media credential is: a. Issued to an individual licensed to teach or approved to teach by the North Dakota education standards and practices board; b. Issued to an individual who is employed as a librarian in a school and who does not meet the qualifications for an LM01, LM02, or LM03 credential; c. Issued to an individual who is enrolled in a state-approved course of study in school library preparation and has obtained a letter from a supervisor recommending the individual for a school library plan of study credential; and d. Issued to an individual who submits a written plan of study for approval to become a credentialed librarian and who annually submits college transcripts showing a minimum of six semester hours of undergraduate or graduate credits in library media until the licensed teacher qualifies for the required credential. 2. Beginning on April 1, 2021, the librarian credential (LM03) is: a. Issued to coincide with the period for which the individual is licensed to teach or approved to teach by the North Dakota education standards and practices board; however, an individual holding a lifetime educator's professional license must renew the credential every five years; b. Issued to an individual who has completed a minimum of fifteen semester hours of undergraduate or graduate credits in library media, of which at least one course must come from a subdivision of each of subsections 1 through 5 of section 67-11-04-05. 3. Beginning on April 1, 2021, the library media specialist credential (LM02) is: a. Issued to coincide with the period for which the individual is licensed to teach or approved to teach by the North Dakota education standards and practices board; however, an individual holding a lifetime educator's professional license must renew the credential every five years; and b. Issued to an individual who has completed a minimum of twenty-four semester hours of undergraduate or graduate credits in library media, of which at least one course must come from a subdivision of each of subsections 1 through 5 of section 67-11-04-05. 4. Beginning on April 1, 2021, the library media director credential (LM01) is: a. Issued to coincide with the period for which the individual is licensed to teach or approved to teach by the North Dakota education standards and practices board; however, an individual holding a lifetime educator's professional license must renew the credential every five years; b. Issued to an individual who: (1) Holds a master's degree in library media and information science; or (2) Holds a master's degree certifiable by the North Dakota education standards and practices board and meet all requirements of subsection 3 of this section. 5. If a credential issued under this chapter will expire within twelve months of issuance because the educator's professional license will expire within twelve months of the issuance of the credential, the credential will be issued for a period coinciding with the period of licensure of the succeeding educator's professional license.