Indiana teacher license lookup on LVIS public data.

Three searches, three questions

LVIS360’s Public Data page splits the record into three lookups, and picking the right one saves a second search. The Educator License Search is the one most people want: the Department describes it as data that reflects real time licensure and licensure history for Indiana educators, so an expired or converted licence appears in the history rather than vanishing. The Offense Search is a separate database that, in the Department’s words, contains information concerning educators whose license(s) or permit(s) were revoked or suspended under IC 20-28-5-7 or IC 20-28-5-8. The Adjunct Permit Search covers locally issued adjunct permits for teachers and educators; the page adds that these permits are reported by the school corporation and are not issued by the IDOE.

The school-year validity rule

The licence search page carries a bold notice that changes how to read an expiry date in the middle of a school year. Under State Board of Education rules, a license or permit that is valid on the first day of school in the employing district, including a substitute permit, is considered valid for the duration of the school year. A licence that shows an expiry date in March therefore does not stop the holder from finishing the year in a district where school started before that date. The Department’s licensing page repeats the same rule.

Licence types the Department names

The Educator Licensing page lists the kinds of document the search can return: educator licenses and permits, including substitute permits; emergency permits, which must now be obtained within 4 weeks of hiring rather than 12; Initial Practitioner licenses, which convert to Practitioner licenses; Transition to Teaching permits; the Professional Educator License Extension; evaluation licenses for out-of-state, non-U.S. graduate, advanced degree, charter and ABCTE routes; and adjunct permits. The page gives no renewal periods, and so this guide states none.

Fees, contacts and when IDOE picks up the phone

Every educator license or permit costs $35, an evaluation costs $35 and a substitute permit costs $15, and the Department says all fees are non-refundable, including for duplicate or premature applications. Licensing questions go to 1-317-232-6610 or the online Licensing Helpdesk form, and the office holds virtual hours on Microsoft Teams on Tuesdays from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. and Thursdays from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Eastern. The State Information Center answers at 1-800-457-8283 by phone or 1-888-311-1846 by text.

Worked example

A principal in Evansville is hiring a long-term substitute who says her Practitioner licence lapses in February. The principal opens the Educator License Search and finds the licence with its expiry date and the earlier Initial Practitioner licence in the history. Because school began in August and the licence was valid that day, the State Board rule treats it as valid for the whole school year, so the hire can proceed with a note to renew. Before signing, the principal also runs the same name through the Offense Search, which returns nothing, and files both screens with the date.

What this page does not do

It does not search LVIS, does not store what you tick, and does not describe the search form’s field labels or result columns, because the public page read on November 11, 2026 lists the three searches and their scope without showing the form itself.

Figures read from the sources below on November 11, 2026. Last updated November 11, 2026.

Sources

• Indiana Department of Education: Educator Licensing (licence types, fees, contacts) (retrieved November 11, 2026)
• LVIS360 Public Data: Educator License Search, Offense Search, Adjunct Permit Search (retrieved November 11, 2026)
• LVIS360: Public Educator Licenses search (school-year validity notice) (retrieved November 11, 2026)