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Application Fees and Validity Periods for Licenses and Authorizations
Select a link below below to jump to the application fee and validity period of the requested credential:
** Important Note: All fees payable by credit card only. Payments are processed by a third-party administrator, which assesses a 4% transaction fee.
- Adult Basic Education Authorization
- Added Endorsement
- Adjunct Instructor Authorization
- Administrator
- Career and Technical Education Authorization (CTE)
- Educational Interpreter Authorization
- Emergency Authorization
- Exchange Educator Interim Authorization
- Inactivation of a Professional License
- Intern Authorization
- Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps Instructor Authorization
- Principal
- Reactivation of an Inactive Professional License
- Special Education Temporary Authorization (SEE or TEE)
- School Speech-Language Pathology Assistant Authorization
- Alternative Teacher License/Alternative Principal Authorization
- Special Services Provider
- Substitute Authorization
- Teacher
Adult Basic Education Authorization
Type | Fee | Valid for (from date of issue) |
---|---|---|
Initial or Renewal | $90 | 5 years |
Added Endorsement (Teacher, SSP, Principal, Administrator)
Type | Fee | Valid for (from date of issue) |
---|---|---|
All | $80 | duration of license |
Adjunct Instructor Authorization
Type | Fee | Valid for (from date of issue) |
---|---|---|
Initial or Renewal | $90 | 3 years |
Administrator
Type | Fee | Valid for (from date of issue) |
---|---|---|
Interim | $90 in-state/$110 out-of-state | 1 year |
Initial | $90 in-state/$110 out-of-state | 3 years |
Professional | $90 in-state/$110 out-of-state | 7 years |
Master certificate | $90 in-state/$110 out-of-state | 7 years |
Career and Technical Education Authorization (CTE)
Type | Fee | Valid for (from date of issue) |
---|---|---|
Initial | $90 | 3 years |
Professional | $90 | 5 years |
Added Pathway | $90 | n/a; added to existing authorization |
Educational Interpreter Authorization
Type | Fee | Valid for (from date of issue) |
---|---|---|
All | $90 | 5 years |
Emergency Authorization
Type | Fee | Valid for (from date of issue) |
---|---|---|
All | $90 | up to 1 year (may be renewed once) |
Exchange Educator Interim Authorization
Type | Fee | Valid for (from date of issue) |
---|---|---|
All | $90 | 1 year (may be renewed once) |
Inactivation of a Professional License
Type | Fee | Valid for (from date of issue) |
---|---|---|
All | No charge | Not applicable |
Intern Authorization
Type | Fee | Valid for (from date of issue) |
---|---|---|
All | $90 | 1 year (may not be renewed) |
Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps Instructor Authorization
Type | Fee | Valid for (from date of issue) |
---|---|---|
All | $90 | 5 years |
Principal
Type | Fee | Valid for (from date of issue) |
---|---|---|
Interim | $90 in-state/$110 out-of-state | 1 year |
Initial | $90 in-state/$110 out-of-state | 3 years |
Professional | $90 in-state/$110 out-of-state | 7 years |
Master certificate | $90 in-state/$110 out-of-state | 7 years |
Reactivation of an Inactive Professional License
Type | Fee | Valid for (from date of issue) |
---|---|---|
All | $25.00 | time remaining on license as of the date of inactivation |
Temporary Educator Eligibility (TEE) formerly Special Education Temporary Authorization (SETA)
Type | Fee | Valid for (from date of issue) |
---|---|---|
All | $90.00 | 1 year (may be renewed up to twice) |
School Speech-Language Pathology Assistant Authorization
Type | Fee | Valid for (from date of issue) |
---|---|---|
All | $90 | 5 years |
Alternative Teacher License/Principal Authorization (in-state candidates only)
Type | Fee | Valid for (from date of issue) |
---|---|---|
Alternative Teacher | $90 |
1, 2 or 3 years (depending on program) |
Principal Authorization | $90 | 3 years |
Special Service Provider (SSP)
Type | Fee | Valid for (from date of issue) |
---|---|---|
Initial | $90 in-state/$110 out-of-state | 3 years |
Professional | $90 in-state/$110 out-of-state | 7 years |
Master certificate | $90 in-state/$110 out-of-state | 7 years |
Substitute Authorization
Type | Fee | Valid for (from date of issue) |
---|---|---|
1 year | $60 | 1 year |
3 year | $90 | 3 years |
5 year | $90 | 5 years |
Teacher
Type | Fee | Valid for (from date of issue) |
---|---|---|
Interim | $90 in-state/$110 out-of-state | 1 year |
Initial | $90 in-state/$110 out-of-state | 3 years |
Professional | $90 in-state/$110 out-of-state | 7 years |
Master certificate | $90 in-state/$110 out-of-state | 7 years |
For questions, submit a Licensing Support Request form or call 720-739-3304 (7:30 am to 12:30 pm, Monday through Friday).
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