Licensure Information

For information about Iowa teaching, substitute, and paraeducator licensure, please visit the Iowa Board of Educational Examiners website: http://www.boee.iowa.gov/

All license applications and renewals will be online by Fall, 2016, and will no longer accept paper submissions.

The Iowa Board of Educational Examiners is will no longer print and mail hard copies of licenses as of July 1, 2016. Check its website under “search for a license” to log in to view information about your license: license type, issue date progress of a recent renewal application, etc. The website version of your license is considered your official license record.

Due to the large volume of requests, transactions in the summer take a minimum of four to six weeks to process. Please do not contact our office to check the status of an application unless it has been longer than six weeks.  

On the BOEE website, you will find:

• Links to apply and renew all licenses (teachers, paras, subs, etc.)
• Renewal requirements
• Renewal Frequently Asked Questions from the Board of Educational Examiners at http://www.boee.iowa.gov/faqs.html#Renewing
• Endorsement information http://www.boee.iowa.gov/endorsements/endorsements_menu.html
• How to obtain a license when you are coming from another state http://www.boee.iowa.gov/forms/outstate.pdf
• Look up your license https://www.iowaonline.state.ia.us/boee/
• BOEE contact information http://www.boee.iowa.gov/contacts.html

To renew a license you will need the following items:

• PDF of Official transcripts from all organizations for coursework
• PDF of Mandatory Child and Dependent Abuse Training Certificate
• Appropriate fees are payable with a credit card at the end of the process; see the BOEE application site to pay with a check.