Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 25, June 22, 2024
Section 49.63 - Applicants educated in foreign countries(a) The Department will issue certificates to applicants who have been educated in a foreign country who meet the established Commonwealth standards for the certificates sought. Applicants shall be required to provide official transcripts of studies completed abroad, and an evaluation of those transcripts by a Department-approved foreign credential evaluation group.(b) The Department may substitute competency examinations for transcript review in a case involving the loss of credentialing documents in a foreign country providing the applicant submits acceptable evidence that the applicant did, in fact, complete a teacher education program.(c) The Department and its recommending institutions will insure that applicants educated in foreign countries or who are foreign nationals or resident aliens are proficient in speaking, reading and writing in the English language.The provisions of this § 49.63 amended September 12, 1980, effective 9/13/1980, 10 Pa.B. 3665; amended September 24, 1999, effective 9/25/1999, 29 Pa.B. 4954; amended July 14, 2006, effective 7/15/2006, 36 Pa.B. 3655.The provisions of this § 49.63 issued under sections 1317 and 1319 of The Administrative Code of 1929 (71 P.S. §§ 367 and 369) (Repealed).