{"id":66737,"date":"2026-04-17T08:45:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T15:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/?post_type=article&#038;p=66737"},"modified":"2026-04-17T13:41:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T20:41:09","slug":"revised-letter-of-permission-policy","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/article\/revised-letter-of-permission-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Revised Letter of Permission Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group hide-on-main\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"taxonomy-action_or_info wp-block-post-terms\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/action_or_info\/for-info\/\" rel=\"tag\">For Information<\/a><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"taxonomy-release_date article-release-date wp-block-post-terms\"><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__prefix\">Published <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/release_date\/2026-04-17\/\" rel=\"tag\">Friday April 17 2026<\/a><\/div>\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-post-title\">Revised Letter of Permission Policy<\/h1><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>A Letter of Permission (LOP) is an authorization that allows an uncertified person to teach in a particular school district or independent school authority or for a First Nations School. Generally, the Director of Certification issues an LOP for one school year. Beginning in May 2026, and in limited circumstances, the Director of Certification may issue an LOP for up to three years where there is evidence that the services of an uncertified teacher are likely to be required for more than one year. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.gov.bc.ca\/gov\/content\/education-training\/k-12\/teach\/employer-support\/letter-of-permission\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">updated LOP policy and employer form will be available online<\/a> in early May.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Letter of Permission (LOP) is an authorization that allows an uncertified person to teach in a particular school district or independent school authority or for a First Nations School. Generally, the Director of Certification issues an LOP for one school year. Beginning in May 2026, and in limited circumstances, the Director of Certification may &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/article\/revised-letter-of-permission-policy\/\" role=\"presentation\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\" >Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"action_or_info":[353],"release_date":[1603],"division":[1403],"target_bulletin":[413],"audiences":[298],"sort_order":[],"class_list":["post-66737","article","type-article","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","action_or_info-for-info","release_date-2026-04-17","division-wag","target_bulletin-district-dmb","audiences-principals-vice-principals"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/66737","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/66737\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66857,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/66737\/revisions\/66857"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"action_or_info","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/action_or_info?post=66737"},{"taxonomy":"release_date","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/release_date?post=66737"},{"taxonomy":"division","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/division?post=66737"},{"taxonomy":"target_bulletin","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/target_bulletin?post=66737"},{"taxonomy":"audiences","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/audiences?post=66737"},{"taxonomy":"sort_order","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gov.bc.ca\/ecc-dm-bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sort_order?post=66737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}