Teacher Cert Pathfinder

Every source we cite

125 sources, with the date each was read and whether we archived it. If a page below has moved or changed since that date, the archived copy is what our facts were built from — and correcting it is what the quarterly re-check is for.

PublisherDocumentTypeReadArchived
California Commission on Teacher CredentialingSingle Subject Teaching Credential Requirements for Teachers Prepared in California (CL-560C)
Leaflet carries a printed revision date of May 2021. Archive is a prompted extraction, not a byte-exact capture — the canonical PDF URL carries a revision token and returned 404. Re-retrieve at next verification.
state-agency9 September 2026Yes
California Commission on Teacher CredentialingMultiple Subject Teaching Credential (CL-561C)
Leaflet revision printed as July 2018. Authorises by SETTING (self-contained classroom) rather than by grade band, which is not how TX, CO or FL define their elementary certificates.
state-agency10 September 2026Yes
California Commission on Teacher CredentialingSingle Subject Teaching Credential Requirements for Teachers Prepared in California (CL-560C)state-agency10 September 2026Yes
California Commission on Teacher CredentialingEducation Specialist Instruction Credential (CL-808CA)state-agency10 September 2026Yes
California Commission on Teacher CredentialingDesignated Subjects Career Technical Education Teaching Credential (CL-888)state-agency10 September 2026Yes
California Commission on Teacher CredentialingSingle Subject Teaching Credential Requirements for Teachers Prepared Out-of-State (CL-560)state-agency10 September 2026Yes
California Commission on Teacher CredentialingFees and Fingerprintingstate-agency10 September 2026Yes
California Commission on Teacher CredentialingMilitary and Dependent Spouse Teaching and Services Credential Mobility (CL-910)state-agency11 September 2026Yes
Colorado Department of EducationCredentialing Guide for Out-of-State Applicantsstate-agency9 September 2026Yes
Colorado Department of EducationTeachers from Out-of-State/Out-of-Countrystate-agency9 September 2026Yes
Colorado Department of EducationLicensure Information for All Out-of-State Candidatesstate-agency9 September 2026Yes
Colorado Department of EducationColorado Teacher Endorsement Requirementsstate-agency9 September 2026Yes
Colorado Department of EducationColorado Troops to Teachersstate-agency9 September 2026Yes
Colorado Department of EducationColorado Teacher Endorsement Requirements — Elementary Education (grades K-6)
Same URL as cde-endorsements; separate archive because the first capture extracted only the Mathematics panel.
state-agency10 September 2026Yes
Colorado Department of EducationColorado Teacher Endorsement Requirements — full endorsement table and discontinued liststate-agency10 September 2026Yes
Colorado General AssemblySB26-126 — Licensure for Experienced Out-of-State Teachers
Signed Act version dated 04/21/2026; status Became Law. The verbatim effective-date clause could not be retrieved — content.leg.colorado.gov returns HTTP 403 to automated fetches.
statute9 September 2026Yes
Colorado General AssemblyHB18-1095 Educator License Requirements Military Spousesstatute11 September 2026Yes
Council of State Governments, National Center for Interstate CompactsInterstate Teacher Mobility Compact — member statescompact-body9 September 2026Yes
Florida Department of EducationCertified Teacher Or Administrator — Reciprocity for Out-of-state Teachers and Administratorsstate-agency9 September 2026Yes
Florida Department of EducationCertificate Types and Requirementsstate-agency9 September 2026Yes
Florida Department of EducationCertification Application Fee Schedulestate-agency9 September 2026Yes
Florida Department of EducationSubject Area Examinationsstate-agency9 September 2026Yes
Florida Department of EducationRule 6A-4.004 (FLDOE hosted copy)
CITED ONLY AS A DEFECT. This page repeatedly cites s. 231.17 F.S., repealed and renumbered into s. 1012.56 F.S. in 2002, and its history line ends 12-27-04. Never cite it as current law.
state-agency9 September 2026Yes
Florida Department of EducationCertification Steps, and Step 4: Submitting Fingerprints for Certification
The four-step sequence, the fingerprint-fee bearer question, and the 30-day issuance figure measured from the district request rather than the application.
state-agency10 September 2026Yes
Florida Department of EducationSubject Area Examinations — full certification-subject-area to test tablestate-agency10 September 2026Yes
Florida Department of EducationStep 1: Completing Your Initial Application Package
The four-step sequence, the fingerprint-fee bearer question, and the 30-day issuance figure measured from the district request rather than the application.
state-agency11 September 2026Yes
Florida Department of Education, Bureau of Educator CertificationMilitary (educator certification)state-agency11 September 2026Yes
Florida Department of Education, Bureau of Educator CertificationMilitary Certification Fee Waiversstate-agency11 September 2026Yes
Georgia Professional Standards CommissionOut-of-State Educatorsstate-agency10 September 2026Yes
Georgia Professional Standards CommissionAcceptable Out-of-State Certificatesstate-agency10 September 2026Yes
Georgia Professional Standards CommissionSpecial Georgia Requirementsstate-agency10 September 2026Yes
Georgia Professional Standards CommissionTeaching Fields Offered in Georgiastate-agency10 September 2026Yes
Georgia Professional Standards CommissionCareer, Technical and Agricultural Educationstate-agency10 September 2026Yes
Georgia Professional Standards CommissionRule 505-2-.46 Military Support Certificate (effective 1 July 2025)rule11 September 2026Yes
NASDTECInterstate Teacher Mobility Compact (NASDTEC)compact-body9 September 2026Yes
NASDTECNASDTEC Interstate Agreementcompact-body9 September 2026Yes
Nevada Commission on Professional Standards in EducationSummary of Regulations Adopted by the Commission on Professional Standards in Education — Effective July 01, 2026rule10 September 2026Yes
Nevada Department of Education, Office of Educator LicensureEDLiFE Frequently Asked Questions (licensure and background FAQ)state-agency10 September 2026Yes
Nevada Department of Education, Office of Educator LicensureEducator Licensurestate-agency10 September 2026Yes
Nevada Department of Education, Office of Educator LicensureCompetency Testing Requirementsstate-agency10 September 2026Yes
Nevada Department of Education, Office of Educator LicensureGeneral License Requirements and Feesstate-agency10 September 2026Yes
Nevada Department of Education, Office of Educator LicensureNew Teachers — First time or Reapplying in State Applicants (includes reciprocity)state-agency10 September 2026Yes
Nevada Department of Education, Office of Educator LicensureSecondary or High School Licensestate-agency10 September 2026Yes
Nevada Department of Education, Office of Educator LicensureMiddle School or Junior High School Licensestate-agency10 September 2026Yes
Nevada Department of Education, Office of Educator LicensureElementary School Licensesstate-agency10 September 2026Yes
Nevada Department of Education, Office of Educator LicensureSpecial Education Licenses and Endorsementsstate-agency10 September 2026Yes
Nevada Department of Education, Office of Educator LicensureSecondary/High School Career and Technical Education Licensesstate-agency10 September 2026Yes
New Jersey Department of EducationN.J.A.C. 6A:9B — State Board of Examiners and Certificationrule10 September 2026Yes
New Jersey Department of EducationReciprocity — Out-of-State Teachers, Administrators, and Educational Services Staffstate-agency10 September 2026Yes
New Jersey Department of EducationU.S. Military Veterans and Spouses — Resources for Entering the Educator Workforcestate-agency11 September 2026Yes
New York State Education Department, Office of Teaching InitiativesInitial Certificate — Types of Certificates and Licensesstate-agency9 September 2026Yes
New York State Education Department, Office of Teaching InitiativesProfessional Certificate — Types of Certificates and Licensesstate-agency9 September 2026Yes
New York State Education Department, Office of Teaching InitiativesApplicants from Other States (Interstate Reciprocity)
Page states 'Last Updated: June 23, 2026'.
state-agency9 September 2026Yes
New York State Education Department, Office of Teaching InitiativesStudent Developmental Level — Childhood Education, Grades 1-6
Page states Last Updated: February 3, 2025. New York’s childhood certificate begins at grade 1, not kindergarten.
state-agency10 September 2026Yes
New York State Education Department, Office of Teaching InitiativesStudent Developmental Levels — Childhood, Middle Childhood and Adolescentstate-agency10 September 2026Yes
New York State Education Department, Office of Teaching InitiativesSearch Certification Requirements — certificate title and grade-level vocabularystate-agency10 September 2026Yes
New York State Education Department, Office of Teaching InitiativesApplicants from Other States (Interstate Reciprocity)state-agency10 September 2026Yes
New York State Education Department, Office of Teaching InitiativesApplicants from Other States — Endorsement of Certificatestate-agency10 September 2026Yes
New York State Education Department, Office of Teaching InitiativesApplication Feesstate-agency10 September 2026Yes
New York State Education Department, Office of Teaching InitiativesCertification Test Requirementsstate-agency10 September 2026Yes
New York State Education Department, Office of Teaching InitiativesExams Other than the NYSTCEstate-agency10 September 2026Yes
New York State Education Department, Office of Teaching InitiativesPermit authorizing service under an out-of-state certificate for certain servicemembers and spousesstate-agency11 September 2026Yes
New York State Education Department, Office of Teaching InitiativesNew Transitional J Certificate for Military Spousesstate-agency11 September 2026Yes
North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI), Educator LicensureApply for a NC Educator Licensestate-agency10 September 2026Yes
North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI), Educator LicensureAreas of Licensurestate-agency10 September 2026Yes
North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI), Educator LicensureContact Licensurestate-agency10 September 2026Yes
North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI), Educator LicensureForms and FAQsstate-agency10 September 2026Yes
North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI), Educator LicensureFurther Educator License Information (Convert an IPL to a CPL; CPL; alternate routes; CTE)state-agency10 September 2026Yes
North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI), Educator LicensureMilitary Licensure Pathwaysstate-agency10 September 2026Yes
Pennsylvania Department of EducationOut-of-State Educators
The page that establishes Pennsylvania is operating the Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact as a live licensure route: it names the member states it accepts, states it has developed a list of reciprocal certifications, and says applications are reviewed under Compact rules automatically.
state-agency9 September 2026Yes
Pennsylvania Department of EducationCertification Fees and Formsstate-agency10 September 2026Yes
Pennsylvania Department of EducationCertificates in Pennsylvania — NASDTEC Stages of Licensurestate-agency10 September 2026Yes
Pennsylvania Department of EducationLevel I to Level IIstate-agency10 September 2026Yes
Pennsylvania Department of EducationCertification Testing — Testing Requirements and Testing Requirement Exceptionsstate-agency10 September 2026Yes
Pennsylvania Department of EducationOut-of-State Educators — Pathway 1 certification requirements and application stepsstate-agency10 September 2026Yes
Pennsylvania Department of Education, Division of Certification ServicesMilitary/ Veterans Preference — including the PA SCRA certificatestate-agency11 September 2026Yes
State Board for Educator Certification (via Texas Education Agency)19 TAC ch. 230 subch. H — Texas Educator Certificates Based on Certification and College Credentials from Other States (July 2026 Update)
§§230.111 and 230.113 amended to be effective 2 August 2026, 51 TexReg 4864, under TEC §21.0521 as added by HB 1178, 89th Texas Legislature R.S. 2025. Byte-exact PDF also archived under data/raw/TX/2026-09-09/; the archive path points at the text extract so quotes are mechanically verifiable.
rule9 September 2026Yes
State Board for Educator Certification (via Texas Education Agency)19 TAC ch. 230 subch. G — Certificate Issuance Procedures (May 2024 Update)
§230.101 last amended to be effective 19 May 2024, 49 TexReg 3551. Byte-exact PDF also archived under data/raw/TX/2026-09-09/; the archive path points at the text extract so quotes are mechanically verifiable.
rule9 September 2026Yes
Teach Away (teachaway.com)Which states have teaching license reciprocity and how does it work?third-party-guide11 September 2026Yes
Teacher Builder (teacherbuilder.com)All About Teaching Reciprocity Between Texas and Coloradothird-party-guide11 September 2026Yes
TeacherCertificationDegrees.comTeaching License Reciprocity Guidelines by Statethird-party-guide11 September 2026Yes
Teaching-Certification.comColorado Teacher Reciprocity Agreements | 2026 Guidethird-party-guide11 September 2026Yes
Texas Department of Information ResourcesTexas.gov Payment Services — pricing
The state portal’s own published card rate. Whether TEA’s 19 TAC §230.103 E-Pay supplement equals it is OUR READING and is flagged ambiguous.
state-agency10 September 2026Yes
Texas Education AgencyOut-of-State Certificationsstate-agency9 September 2026Yes
Texas Education AgencyOut-of-State Certified Educatorsstate-agency9 September 2026Yes
Texas Education AgencyOut-of-State Educator Test Exemption Reviewstate-agency9 September 2026Yes
Texas Education AgencyOut-of-State Application Instructionsstate-agency9 September 2026Yes
Texas Education AgencyMilitary Community & First Respondersstate-agency9 September 2026Yes
Texas Education AgencyWhat are the fees associated with the fingerprinting process? (TEA Help Desk)
Carries the out-of-state fingerprinting surcharge, which applies to every buyer of a moving-to-Texas pack and appears nowhere on TEA’s certification pages.
state-agency10 September 2026Yes
Texas Education AgencyFigure: 19 TAC §230.21(e) — certificate to required-examination mapping, all covered classesrule10 September 2026Yes
Texas Education AgencyMilitary Veterans, Active Duty, Military Spouses Application Checkliststate-agency11 September 2026Yes
Texas Education Agency19 TAC §230.101(c) — fees for certification tests by assessment category (machine-extracted)rule11 September 2026Yes
Texas Education Agency19 TAC Chapter 230, Subchapter D — Types and Classes of Certificates Issued (machine-extracted)rule11 September 2026Yes
Texas Education Agency / State Board for Educator CertificationFigure: 19 TAC §230.21(e) — certificate to required-examination mapping
The rule figure that maps every Texas certificate to its required content and pedagogy examinations. Byte-exact PDF archived alongside the text extract. Carries dated transitions for many certificates, each of which is a staleness tripwire.
rule10 September 2026Yes
The Council of State Governments / NASDTECTeacher Compact — official Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact sitecompact-body9 September 2026Yes
The Florida Senates. 1012.56, F.S. — Educator certification requirements (2026 edition)statute9 September 2026Yes
The Florida Senates. 1012.993, F.S. — Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact (2026 edition)
History.—s. 1, ch. 2023-165; s. 92, ch. 2024-2. Florida's codification of the model compact text; usable as a primary source for the compact's own terms.
statute9 September 2026Yes
U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsOccupational Employment and Wage Statistics, state file, May 2025
Archived byte-exact as downloaded.
federal-statistics9 September 2026Yes
U.S. Census BureauState-to-State Migration Flows, ACS 1-year estimates, table T13 (2024 data)
Released 21 January 2026. Archived byte-exact as downloaded.
federal-statistics9 September 2026Yes
U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights DivisionProfessional License Portability (SCRA) — guidance and FAQ, updated 19 December 2025federal-agency10 September 2026Yes
U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights DivisionSettlement Agreement between the United States and the Georgia Secretary of State, the Georgia Professional Standards Commission and the Georgia State Board of Pharmacy (machine-extracted text)federal-agency11 September 2026Yes
U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Public AffairsJustice Department and U.S. Attorneys’ Offices Reach $3 Million Settlement with Georgia Professional Licensing Boards for Alleged Violations of the SCRA (31 March 2026)federal-agency10 September 2026Yes
United States Congress — 50 U.S.C. §4025a as amended by Pub. L. 118-159 §587 (text as published by the Mississippi Real Estate Commission)50 U.S.C. §4025a — Portability of professional licenses of servicemembers and their spousesstatute10 September 2026Yes
Virginia Board of Education (Virginia Administrative Code, published by the Virginia General Assembly)8VAC20-23 Licensure Regulations for School Personnel — table of contentsrule10 September 2026Yes
Virginia Board of Education (Virginia Administrative Code, published by the Virginia General Assembly)8VAC20-23-50 Types of licenses; dating licensesrule10 September 2026Yes
Virginia Board of Education (Virginia Administrative Code, published by the Virginia General Assembly)8VAC20-23-100 Conditions for licensure for out-of-state candidates by reciprocityrule10 September 2026Yes
Virginia Board of Education (Virginia Administrative Code, published by the Virginia General Assembly)8VAC20-23-160 Elementary education preK-6rule10 September 2026Yes
Virginia Board of Education (Virginia Administrative Code, published by the Virginia General Assembly)8VAC20-23-170 Middle education 6-8rule10 September 2026Yes
Virginia Board of Education (Virginia Administrative Code, published by the Virginia General Assembly)8VAC20-23-180 PreK-12, special education, secondary grades 6-12, and adult education endorsementsrule10 September 2026Yes
Virginia Board of Education (Virginia Administrative Code, published by the Virginia General Assembly)8VAC20-23-280 Career and technical education – trade and industrial educationrule10 September 2026Yes
Virginia Board of Education (Virginia Administrative Code, published by the Virginia General Assembly)8VAC20-23-340 Englishrule10 September 2026Yes
Virginia Board of Education (Virginia Administrative Code, published by the Virginia General Assembly)8VAC20-23-430 Mathematicsrule10 September 2026Yes
Virginia Board of Education (Virginia Administrative Code, published by the Virginia General Assembly)8VAC20-23-470 Science – biologyrule10 September 2026Yes
Virginia Board of Education (Virginia Administrative Code, published by the Virginia General Assembly)8VAC20-23-550 Special education – general curriculum K-12rule10 September 2026Yes
Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI), Professional CertificationTeacher (first-time certification: Out-of-State Applicant and Professional Teacher)state-agency10 September 2026Yes
Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI), Professional CertificationMilitary-Affiliated Educator Certification Applicantsstate-agency10 September 2026Yes
Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI), Professional CertificationProfessional Certification Fee Schedulestate-agency10 September 2026Yes
Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI), Professional CertificationTeacher Assessmentsstate-agency10 September 2026Yes
Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI), Professional CertificationDual Endorsement Requirementsstate-agency10 September 2026Yes
Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI), Professional CertificationCertificate Types & Rolesstate-agency10 September 2026Yes
Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI), Professional CertificationAdding an Endorsementstate-agency10 September 2026Yes
Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI), Professional CertificationFingerprints & Background Checksstate-agency10 September 2026Yes
Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI), Professional CertificationHow to Apply for a Certificatestate-agency10 September 2026Yes
Washington Professional Educator Standards Board (PESB)Endorsements (including the National Board equivalency table)state-agency10 September 2026Yes
Washington State Legislature (rule of the Professional Educator Standards Board)WAC 181-82-201 Grade designations for endorsements obtained after August 31, 2000rule10 September 2026Yes

Two sources we could not retrieve

Recorded rather than worked around, because a gap we name is worth more than a claim we could not check.

  • The NASDTEC 2025–2030 Interstate Agreement signee list. A public PDF that returned HTTP 403 to automated retrieval. We therefore make no claim about which jurisdictions signed the current cycle, and nothing on this site depends on it.
  • The signed text of Colorado SB26-126. The legislature's document host refuses automated retrieval, so we publish the official bill summary and flag the verbatim effective-date clause as unverified.

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