P.R. Laws tit. 18, § 273
(a) The Secretary of Education may acknowledge as valid the certificates issued by any state or territory of the United States of North America for the purpose of issuing a similar certificate to work in public schools and accredited private schools in Puerto Rico, provided such certificates represent, in his judgment, the minimum academic training and other general requirements prescribed by §§ 260 et seq. of this title and by the regulations for the issuance of certificates of the same category in Puerto Rico, and provided that in the school laws and regulations of said state or territory provision is made for reciprocity with the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
(b) The Secretary of Education is further authorized to carry out reciprocity agreements on certification of teachers, with one or more states and/or territories of the United States of North America, provided the training, experience and other requisites required by these states or territories be comparable with the requirements of §§ 260 et seq. of this title and with the applicable regulations in effect at the time of the signing of the agreement.
History —June 21, 1955, No. 94, p. 488, § 14; May 16, 1972, No. 31, p. 58.