Credentials required

For purposes of school accreditation, a school may employ as an elementary principal only a person who holds an elementary principal's provisional or professional credential issued by the department. A school may employ as a secondary principal only a person who holds a secondary principal's provisional or professional credential issued by the department. The department may issue a credential under this chapter to an individual who has graduated from a program that meets the program standards approved by the department for elementary and secondary school principals as described in the North Dakota teacher education program approval standards 2000 with 2002 revisions adopted by the board effective August 1, 2002.