P.R. Laws tit. 18, § 313d-1
(1) Level IV shall be granted to the member of the teaching career who meets the following requirements:
(a) Doctor’s degree in the category he/she performs.
(b) Two hundred (200) contact hours in continuing education activities since his/her Level III was recognized.
(c) One hundred (100) hours of training to the teaching personnel of the schools or system, or invests one hundred (100) hours in a special project in benefit of the Public Education System.
(d) Ten (10) years of teaching experience in the Public Education System.
(e) Satisfactory evaluations of his/her teaching performance.
(2) Or in its place, meet the following requirements:
(a) Forty-five (45) academic credit hours leading to a degree as Doctor in study areas related to the category he/she performs, approved in a higher education institution duly accredited or recognized in Puerto Rico.
(b) Three hundred (300) contact hours in continuing education activities since the Level III was bestowed.
(c) One hundred (100) hours of training to the teaching personnel in the schools where they work or other schools of the System, or one hundred (100) hours to the development of [a] special project for the benefit of the Public Education System.
(d) Ten (10) years of teaching experience in the Public Education System.
(e) Satisfactory evaluations of his/her teaching performance.
(3) The recognition of the classification and level shall be effective on the date that the member of the teaching career submits evidence of having duly completed his/her Professional Improvement Plan, and it has been approved by the corresponding authorities.
History —July 18, 1999, No. 158, added as § 2.06 on Aug. 28, 2002, No. 208, § 3.