COOL (eLicensing) Verification Access for School Districts and Charter Schools

 Any number of things could delay the evaluation of an application:

• CDE has not received background checks
  • Were they submitted specifically for CDE-licensure purposes?
  • Does the SSN and applicant's date of birth match that which is in the account?
• the information submitted in incomplete, doesn't meet requirements, cannot be opened, is unofficial, etc.
• the applicant has not responded to the evaluator's request for additional information

 Most often, it's because the evaluator of the application has questions for the supervisor about the application, and has simply forwarded it to the supervisor to review. (System limitations prevent evaluators from pulling a new application from the queue until all those in their queue have been processed.) Sometimes its because we need to update the system in order to issue the credential properly.

ALL applicants are informed of what is needed/not provided in the application at the time that status is assigned to the application, along with details instructions on how to provide the requested information:

• the notification is sent to the email account with which the applicant registered their COOL account
• it also is posted in their COOL account
• when they log in to their account, a big red "Attention Required" box is front and center on their dashboard
• they simply need to select the blue "respond" button on the right to learn what is needed and to provide it

This excel document is maintained by CDE's Exceptional Student Services Unit and may be of help.

Go to CDE's Educator Qualifications Under ESSA webpage. Typically, if the person holds an alternative, initial or professional license (key word) with the endorsement, the individual would be considered in-field. If the person holds any type of authorization (interim, TEE, adjunct, etc), they would need to meet requirements in one of the following ways:

1. bachelor's or higher degree in the content area; or
2. 36 semester hours in the content area; or
3. passing score on the current PRAXIS exam