Base application fee
Requirement
$110 is the published base teacher-license application fee. Colorado law prohibits refunding the application-evaluation fee; fingerprint and third-party costs are separate.
What the published fee applies to
Colorado evaluates out-of-state preparation, content knowledge, licenses and recent fully licensed experience for a first Colorado teacher license and requested endorsements.
What can change this answer
CDE determines the license duration, endorsement alignment and any examination requirement only after reviewing a complete application.
Documents you may need
CDE lists official transcripts from every institution, program verification or qualifying licensed-experience evidence, copies of educator licenses, work history, identity evidence and any required disclosure documents.
Costs and route conditions to keep separate
- •A valid Social Security number is required to apply; an applicant who has only an Individual Taxpayer Identification Number must contact CDE before applying
- •Program verification may be replaced only by qualifying recent fully licensed experience under the agency's criteria
- •Alternative, emergency, provisional, substitute and similar experience does not count toward the three-year experience provision
- •The application must be submitted within 30 days after CDE receives the background check
- •After an incomplete-application notice, the applicant has 60 days to supply the missing material or request reconsideration; CDE does not extend that deadline to wait for a background check
Confirm the amount before paying the state agency.
Official sources
Check again by 2026-11-23