Review of Qualifications for Licensure for Military Personnel

This option was created by the passage of HB 3125 (2025) and SB 765 (2025). It provides a set of conditions by which qualifying veterans may be issued a Professional Teaching Certificate. You must:

• Be an honorably discharged member of the armed forces (requires the submission of the veteran’s most recently received DD 214, NGB 22, or NGB 23)
• Pass the basic skills and subject matter test or tests required by the state board for teachers to become certified in the area for which the licensure is sought
  • Requires the submission of official documentation per the West Virginia Licensure Testing Directory)
• Hold at least a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university that is related to the available position which you applied t0
  • Requires submission of qualifying official transcripts and an acceptable county recommendation on the application for certification

General Requirements

To apply, you must:

• Be a qualifying veteran
• Have passing scores on all West Virginia Board of Education-required Praxis exams for the requested certificate and endorsement (or meet a qualifying exemption as identified in Policy 5202, Minimum Requirements for the Licensure of Professional/Paraprofessional Personnel and Advanced Salary Classifications)
• Hold at least a bachelor's degree from an accredited institution of higher education that is related to the available position which the veteran has applied.

To send official transcripts to our office, please have your college or university email them to cert.transcripts.wvde@k12.wv.us. Transcripts must be received from the college or university, not the applicant

Application Submission

For instructions on how to apply for a license to work in West Virginia public schools, follow the steps detailed on the certification application process page.

If this is your first time using our Certification Portal, you will need to register. Follow the instructions for first-time applicants. 

$35