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LDOE outlines LEP portal updates and clarifies that CLEAR credential is not a teaching certificate

Department of Education - Certification Office Call · December 30, 2025
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LDOE staff described new LEP features — a 'clear all' button, alphabetical pick lists, expanded search, Praxis lookup and a read-only application directory — and reiterated that a CLEAR credential is a background-check notation, not an active teaching certificate.

On the Department of Education’s monthly certification call, Lana Hutchinson and Rachel Norman walked listeners through recent Louisiana Educator Portal (LEP) enhancements and repeated a key clarification about the CLEAR credential.

Hutchinson described several user-facing changes intended to reduce processing errors: a "clear all" button on in-state verification forms to remove imported applicant data, alphabetical ordering of the 'send a start application request' pick list, a new search box above active applications to search across…

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