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<section article="ged" article_name="Education" number="6-127" title_number="6" title_name="Teachers and Other Personnel" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Personnel Matters">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this section, “Montessori school” means:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>A public school that uses Montessori instruction as its primary method of instruction; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A Montessori school approved by the Department.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Subsections (c) and (d) of this section apply only to a candidate for a certificate to teach students in a Montessori school.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>An individual is eligible for a certificate to teach students in a Montessori school if the individual:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Holds a valid credential from:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The American Montessori Society;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The Association Montessori Internationale; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>A program accredited by the Montessori Accreditation Council for Teacher Education; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Holds a bachelor’s degree in any field.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The State Board may require an individual to successfully pass an examination to be certified under this section.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Except as provided in paragraph (1) of this subsection, an individual who satisfies the requirements of subsection (c) of this section may not be required to meet any additional requirements to be certified to teach students in a Montessori school.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>An individual certified under this section may not teach students in a public school that is not a Montessori school unless the individual meets all other requirements relating to certification of public school teachers.</text>
  </level>
</section>
