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LDOE reiterates legal limits on certificate changes, points to appeals path for contested mentor-credential cases
Summary
Department staff said the office cannot upgrade a certificate an educator did not request and described the appeals route (Teacher Certification Appeals Council) and relevant bulletins for private-school mentor-credential disputes and other denied certification requests.
Department of Education certification staff told participants that the office lacks legal authority to change an educator’s certificate without the educator’s request, and that certain candidate or mentor credential problems may require denial and an appeal rather than an administrative fix.
"The teaching certificate is the legal property of an educator, and our office does not have the legal authority to make any changes to a certificate that the educator did not…
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