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Renewal Requirements
Each certificate that Maryland issues has a specified
validity period. It is the responsibility of the individual certificate
holder to know the renewal requirements of their certificate, to
complete the renewal requirements during the validity period of
the certificate, and to assure that the Office of Certification
has received official documentation to renew the certificate prior
to the expiration date. Failure to renew your certificate can result
in your salary being frozen on step, an employment status change
to long-term substitute(with the loss of benefits), and/or null
and void of your employment contract.
| If all renewal requirements have
been completed and are on file at the Office of Certification,
the office will request MSDE to renew your certificate. There
is no interaction with MSDE required on your part. MSDE has
a processing fee required for the initial issuance of a certificate,
renewal of a certificate, and issuance of a new type of certificate.
BCPS will deduct the processing fee directly from your paycheck.
When this is done, the payroll office will notify you via a
message on your paycheck. For certificates that expire on July
1st, the office attempts to renew all certificates prior to
the last payroll period in the school year. However, the volume
of renewals is of such great numbers that the requests are made
throughout the summer. In such cases, the processing fee will
be deducted in September. |
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