37-21-3 - Educational qualifications of personnel.
§ 37-21-3. Educational qualifications of personnel.
No person shall act in the capacity of teacher, assistant teacher or teacher's aide in any federal or state funded program of early childhood education or "Headstart," or perform any of the functions, duties or powers of the same, unless that person shall be qualified in the following manner:
(a) A head teacher or any other employee or consultant receiving a salary or fee equivalent to that of a head teacher, shall possess a college degree or its equivalent.
(b) A teacher shall possess a full junior college or two years of college education or its equivalent.
(c) An assistant teacher shall possess a high school diploma or its equivalent.
(d) A teacher's aide shall possess an eighth-grade education or its equivalent.
Sources: Codes, 1942, § 6282-52; Laws, 1970, ch. 390, § 2, eff from and after July 1, 1970.