§302A-605  Principals and vice-principals. (a)  Principals shall meet the department's certification requirements andshall have not less than five years of appropriate school-level experience ofwhich at least three years shall have been as a teacher.

(b)  Vice-principals shall meet thedepartment's certification requirements and shall have appropriate school-levelexperience as determined by the department.

(c)  On a case-by-case basis, the departmentmay waive the certification requirements and school-level experience forvice-principal candidates with appropriate administrative experience.  Thedepartment shall establish criteria and reasons for waivers pursuant to chapter91. [L 1996, c 89, pt of §2; am L 2000, c 31, §1; am L 2001, c 256, §2 and c 287,§1]