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The Utah State Board of Education may grant an educator one of the following education licenses:

1. Professional Educator License – a license issued to an individual who has demonstrated all of the State established competencies to be an educator.
2. Associate Educator License – a license issued to an individual who has met a minimum set of educator requirements and is completing all professional educator requirements to receive a Professional Educator License.
3. Local Education Agency (LEA)-specific Educator License – a license issued to an individual, approved by the local Board of Education, who has met locally defined competencies to be an educator.

An LEA-specific license area or endorsement may include:

• Out of State and Internationally licensed educators completing Utah licensing requirements.
• Educators waiting for university license recommendations.
• Educators with expired Utah licenses.
• Educators working towards an Associate license area/endorsement.
• Career and Technical Education educators completing skills testing.
• Educators waiting to begin a university licensure program.

Schools may employ individuals holding LEA-specific Educator Licenses, as well as Professional and Associate Educator Licenses, as outlined below based on the employee’s FTE: