The NH State Board of Education allows for an Emergency Authorization (EA) under certain circumstances.
A request must be received from a Senior Educational Official and a form/fee must be received from the candidate. Only the most current forms should be used. Forms can be requested through the Credentialing Help Desk: I represent a NH school employer - EA/IPLA Request. Please provide the candidate’s name, the endorsement area and Ed ID (if one has been assigned). Completed forms/fee must be mailed to our office.
The candidate must:
submit the application/fee for an EA along with the employer request.
hold at least a Bachelor’s degree. The candidate must submit a transcript with registrar’s signature documenting at least a conferred Bachelor’s degree if not already in file with our office. (CTE Speciality Area endorsements are exempted from this requirement as of 7/5/2021. For more information, please see SB 20 information below).
When issued the EA is valid for up to one school year and is not renewable. (A second consecutive year can be authorized by the local school board. The second forms/fee should be obtained/submitted following the usual EA submission directions above. For more information, see the link for HB 654 below).
An EA is not a license.
Per IDEA federal guidelines, EA’s are not available for the endorsements listed below.
Early Childhood Special Education
Special Education Teacher
Blind and Vision Disabilities
Deaf and Hearing Disabilities
Emotional and Behavioral Disabilities
Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
Physical and Health Disabilities
Specific Learning Disabilities
Special Education Administrator
further questions about special education endorsements can be directed to Susan Blake, Administrator, Bureau of Credentialing at 603-271-0072
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Emergency Order #64 (suspending the one EA per candidate limit) is no longer in effect as NH is no longer in a State of Emergency. Our office will accept any employer EA requests received as of 8 am Monday 6/14/2021 (via form submission or Help Desk request) for a candidate that has already been issued an EA. Any requests submitted after this time for a candidate that has already been issued an EA will not be accepted. |