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§153.1001: Duty-Free Lunch
(a) For the purposes of Texas Education Code, Â§21.405, a school district shall use the guidelines in this section to determine what constitutes a personnel shortage, extreme economic conditions, or an unavoidable or unforeseen circumstance.
(c) Extreme economic conditions exist when the percentage of a local tax increase, including any amounts necessary to implement this section, would place the district in jeopardy with respect to a potential tax roll-back election as provided in the Texas Property Tax Code, Â§26.08.
§153.1011: Beginning Teacher Induction and Mentoring Program
(3) Beginning Teacher Induction and Mentoring Program--An annual grant program established in accordance with the Texas Education Code (TEC), Â§21.458, under which a school district may receive funds to establish a mentoring program at each eligible campus where a mentor teacher is assigned to each classroom teacher who has less than two years of teaching experience.
(1) In order for a teacher to be assigned as a mentor teacher, in accordance with the TEC, Â§21.458, the teacher must:
(f) Allocation and use of funds. In accordance with the TEC, Â§21.458, funds may only be used for the following:
Source Note: The provisions of this §153.1011 adopted to be effective May 31, 2007, 32 TexReg 2859; amended to be effective June 7, 2010, 35 TexReg 4699
§153.1021: Recognition of Creditable Years of Service
(4) Authorized leave--Leave granted under the state's former minimum sick leave program, leave granted under the state's current minimum personal leave program, (which includes physical assault leave), or any leave granted under a local leave policy for which the employee is paid as if on regular duty.
(8) Current valid certificate--A certificate that is or was valid at a given time, including the stipulation that after June 30, 1986, a Texas certificate is valid only if the certified person has successfully passed any certification that was mandated by either the State Board of Education or the SBEC.
(9) Faculty status--Employment by a college or university as a member of the professional administrative or instructional staff, not as a graduate assistant, an assistant instructor, or an instructor on a fellowship.
(F) Northwest Association of Schools and Colleges;
(G) Commission on International and Trans-regional Accreditation;
(H) International Baccalaureate Organization;
(I) European Council of International Schools/Council of International Schools; and
(J) National Council for Private School Accreditation.
(18) Speech pathologist--An educator employed to provide full-time speech pathology services and who meets all the requirements to practice as a speech pathologist pursuant to the rules and regulations relating to professional speech pathology education, licensure, and practice and has been issued a license to practice professional speech pathology in Texas. This definition encompasses all speech pathologists that have been licensed by the Texas Education Agency, ending August 31, 1996, and by the Health and Human Services Commission, beginning September 1, 1996. This paragraph expires September 1, 2011.
(19) Service--A term of employment measured in school years in an entity in which the employment is recognized for salary increment purposes.
(20) State school--A school that is funded by legislative action in the appropriations act. These schools include the Texas School for the Blind, the Texas School for the Deaf, and schools under the jurisdiction of the Texas Department of State Health Services (formerly the Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation) and the Texas Youth Commission.
(21) Substitute teacher--A certified teacher who works on call, does not have a full-time assignment, and provides instruction.
(22) Teacher service record--The official document used to record years of service and days used and accumulated under the state's former minimum sick leave program or the state's current personal leave program.
(3) For those special education related service personnel who do not require Texas certification or licensure, proper credentials as described in Â§89.1131 of this title (relating to Qualifications of Special Education, Related Service, and Paraprofessional Personnel) are required.
(5) The service record shall be kept on file at the school district or charter school. When employment with the district or charter school is terminated, the original service record, signed by the employee shall be given to the employee upon request or sent to the next employing school district or charter school. The local school district or charter school must maintain a legible copy for audit purposes.
(8) State sick leave balances, days earned, and days used by personnel under the former state's minimum sick leave program and the state's current personal leave program must be recorded on the service record or another similar form containing the same information. State sick leave and state personal leave accumulated in Texas public elementary and secondary schools are transferable among these schools. State personal leave accrued by an employee of a Texas regional education service center, not to exceed five days per each year of employment, is transferable to a Texas public elementary and secondary school. State sick leave and state personal leave accrued by an employee of Harris County Department of Education and Dallas County Schools are transferable to Texas public elementary and secondary schools in accordance with the TEC, Â§22.003(a). Local leave accrued under the policy of any entity recognized for creditable service under subsection (g) of this section may be transferred to a Texas public elementary or secondary school at the discretion of the employing school district. The service record shall separately state the number of accumulated state days for which the employee is paid, if any, upon separation from the employing district.
(iii) Instructors in Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) programs conducted by local school districts must be certified or hold an emergency teaching permit and must be paid at least the state minimum salary to receive service credit for increment purposes. An emergency teaching permit need not be renewed as long as the person continues in the ROTC assignment.
(ii) Texas charter schools are not required to hire certified teachers other than those in special education and bilingual education, or as stated in the charter application.
(A) Approval from the Texas Education Agency to provide special education services during the year service was rendered is required. A list of approved schools is maintained by the Texas Education Agency and posted on the agency's school finance website.
(C) For foreign private schools, colleges, and universities, accreditation must be by a recognized regional accrediting agency listed in subsection (a)(15) of this section, unless the requirements in subparagraph (E) of this paragraph are met.
(E) Experience from foreign private schools, colleges, and universities that have been accredited by a recognized accrediting agency of the foreign country may be recognized for salary increment purposes, provided the minimum requirements in subsection (f) of this section are met. All relevant and credible information concerning accreditation must be provided to the Texas Education Agency. The recognized accrediting entity in the foreign country is the Department of Education or the Higher Education Authority of that foreign country. It is the responsibility of the foreign country to provide such relevant, credible, and accurate information before any credit is given. Such experience will be considered on an individual country basis. The placement on the minimum salary schedule will begin with the following contractual year (July 1-June 30) after the final approval is granted by the Texas Education Agency. The district or charter school is not liable for any previously non-compensated salary related to such experience.
(16) United States military service. Service with the military forces of the United States of America may be counted for salary increment purposes if the following conditions are met:
(A) The person was a professional employee of any entity recognized for creditable service for salary increment purposes within twelve months of entry into active duty.
(i) Credit for career and technology teachers. In accordance with TEC, Â§21.403, effective with the 1982-1983 school year, certified career and technology education teachers employed for at least 50% of the time in an approved career and technology position may count up to two years of work experience for salary increment purposes if the work experience was required for career and technology certification.
(k) Substitute teachers. Beginning with the 1998-1999 school year, a substitute teacher, as defined in subsection (a) of this section, employed in an entity recognized for years of service as prescribed by subsection (g) of this section is eligible for creditable service.
(m) Teacher aides. Beginning with the 2004-2005 contractual year, a teacher aide who subsequently attains certification may count up to two years of full-time equivalency of direct student instruction for salary increment purposes. Such experience must be verified on the teacher service record form (FIN-115) or a similar form containing the same information.
§153.1022: Minimum Salary Schedule for Certain Professional Staff
(a) Definitions and eligibility. The following definitions and eligibility criteria apply to the increases in the minimum salary schedule in accordance with Texas Education Code (TEC), Chapter 21.
(1) The staff positions that qualify for the salary increase include classroom teachers and full-time librarians, counselors, and nurses employed by public school districts and who are entitled to a minimum salary under TEC, Â§21.402.
(A) A classroom teacher is an educator who teaches an average of at least four hours per day in an academic or career and technology instructional setting pursuant to TEC, Â§5.001, focusing on the delivery of the Texas essential knowledge and skills and holds the relevant certificate issued by the State Board for Educator Certification (SBEC) under the provisions of TEC, Chapter 21, Subchapter B. Although non-instructional duties do not qualify as teaching, necessary functions related to the educator's instructional assignment such as instructional planning and transition between instructional periods should be applied to creditable classroom time.
(3) Full-time means contracted employment for at least ten months (187 days) for 100% of the school day in accordance with definitions of school day in TEC, Â§25.082, employment contract in TEC, Â§21.002, and school year in TEC, Â§25.081.
(b) Base monthly salary for the 2006 - 2007 school year. The base monthly salary is the monthly salary the employee would have received for the 2006 - 2007 school year under the district's salary schedule for the 2005 - 2006 school year, if that schedule had been in effect for the 2006 - 2007 school year, including any local supplement and any money representing a career ladder supplement the employee would have received in the 2006 - 2007 school year, and $250 per month.
(1) An educator eligible for the salary increase is entitled to a minimum salary in the 2006 - 2007 school year equal to the greater of the salary corresponding to their current placement on the state salary schedule pursuant to TEC, Â§21.402(a), or the salary corresponding to their current placement on the employing district's 2006 - 2007 salary schedule, plus $250 per month. If employed by the same district, the minimum must include any local and career ladder supplements the employee would have received in 2006 - 2007.
(2) Eligible counselors, nurses, and librarians are entitled to a minimum salary in the 2006 - 2007 school year equal to the greater of the salary corresponding to their current placement on the state salary schedule pursuant to TEC, Â§21.402(a), or the salary corresponding to their current placement on the employing district's 2006 - 2007 salary schedule, plus $250 per month. These educators are placed on the state schedule according to the same criteria that applies to teachers and librarians pursuant to Â§153.1021 of this title (relating to Recognition of Creditable Years of Service).
(3) A beginning teacher who has not previously been on the state salary schedule is entitled to any local supplement that would have been offered to a beginning teacher on the employing district's 2006 - 2007 salary schedule.
(4) Educators who are eligible for the salary increase and who are employed for more than ten months are entitled to an additional $250 in increased pay for each full month of additional service.
(5) Teachers who are eligible for the salary increase but who are not employed full-time (work either less than 100% of the day or for a portion of the year) are entitled to a proportionate pay increase. For teachers working less than 100% of the day, the increase is proportionate to the percent of the day employed. For teachers employed less than a full year, the increase is valid only for the months employed.
(6) Nurses, librarians, and counselors who are employed for less than a full school year or who are placed in an eligible assignment for less than a full school year are entitled to a pay increase in proportion to the months employed in which they are eligible.
(c) Determination of "FS." "FS" is the amount, as determined by the commissioner under TEC, Â§21.402(b), of state and local funds per weighted student, including funds provided under TEC, Â§42.2516(b)(1)(B), but not funds provided under TEC, Â§42.2516(b)(1)(A), (b)(1)(C), (b)(2), or (b)(3), available to a district eligible to receive state assistance under TEC, Â§42.302, with a maintenance and operations tax rate per $100 of taxable value equal to the product of the state compression percentage, as determined under TEC, Â§42.2516, multiplied by $1.50, except that the amount of state and local funds per weighted student does not include the amount attributable to the increase in the guaranteed level made by Chapter 1187, 77th Texas Legislature, 2001.
(d) Monthly minimum salary rates. The minimum monthly salary rates applicable for the 2006 - 2007 school year, in accordance with this section and TEC, Â§21.402, shall be as set forth in the table in this subsection.
Source Note: The provisions of this §153.1022 adopted to be effective January 2, 2000, 24 TexReg 11753; amended to be effective February 22, 2004, 29 TexReg 1362; amended to be effective January 31, 2006, 31 TexReg 492; amended to be effective February 25, 2007, 32 TexReg 625
§153.1101: Definitions
(1) Clearinghouse--The criminal history clearinghouse established by the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) pursuant to the Texas Government Code, Â§411.0845.
(4) Criminal history record information--In accordance with the Texas Government Code, Â§411.082(2), information collected about a person by the DPS, a law enforcement or a criminal justice agency, or a private entity governed by the Fair Credit Reporting Act (15 U.S.C. Section 1681 et seq.) that consists of identifiable descriptions and notations of arrests, detentions, indictments, informations, and other formal criminal charges and their dispositions.
(5) Date of employment--For purposes of the Texas Education Code (TEC), Â§22.0834, the date of employment by an entity that contracts with a school entity shall be deemed to be:
(6) Date of securing services--For purposes of the TEC, Â§22.0834, the date of securing the services of a covered contract employee or a subcontractor by an entity that contracts with a school entity shall be deemed to be the date the employee or subcontractor accepts an offer from the service contractor for a specific job position or for the performance of a specific project that is to begin on a date that is certain or reasonably ascertainable.
(8) National criminal history record information--In accordance with the TEC, Â§22.081, criminal history record information obtained from both the DPS and the Federal Bureau of Investigation based on fingerprint identification information.
Source Note: The provisions of this §153.1101 adopted to be effective December 30, 2007, 32 TexReg 9626; amended to be effective November 20, 2008, 33 TexReg 9233
§153.1103: Purpose; Required Assistance
Source Note: The provisions of this §153.1103 adopted to be effective December 30, 2007, 32 TexReg 9626
§153.1105: Criminal History Record Information Review of Persons for Whom a National Criminal History Record Information Review is Not Required
(a) A school district or an open-enrollment charter school shall obtain criminal history record information, as provided by the Texas Education Code (TEC), Â§22.083, on all employees who are not subject to a national criminal history record information review. Persons subject only to a criminal history record information review include, but are not limited to, noncertified administrative support personnel, school bus drivers, and custodial staff hired before January 1, 2008, and charter school employees not working in a position described in the TEC, Â§12.1059. As defined in Â§153.1101 of this title (relating to Definitions), the criminal history record information does not include fingerprint identification information.
Source Note: The provisions of this §153.1105 adopted to be effective December 30, 2007, 32 TexReg 9626
§153.1107: Failure to Disclose Criminal Convictions
An employee of a school entity, private school, or regional education service center may be discharged pursuant to the Texas Education Code, Â§22.085(d), if the employee fails to disclose information of the employee's conviction of a felony or a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude to the State Board for Educator Certification or to the school entity, private school, or regional education service center.
Source Note: The provisions of this §153.1107 adopted to be effective December 30, 2007, 32 TexReg 9626
§153.1109: Noncertified Employees
(1) This section applies to a person described in the Texas Education Code (TEC), Â§22.0833, that is, any person who is not a holder of or applicant for Texas educator certification under the TEC, Chapter 21, Subchapter B, and who, after January 1, 2008, is offered employment by a school district or an open-enrollment charter school.
(2) Only fingerprint, photograph, and identification information that has been properly authorized by the TEA will be accepted by the DPS and included in the Clearinghouse as required by the TEC, Â§22.0833.
(1) A school entity shall ensure that a person subject to the TEC, Â§22.0833, submits the required information before that person's employment begins.
(2) After the required information is submitted, the person may begin employment, but that employment is conditional upon the review of that person's criminal history record information by the TEA pursuant to the TEC, Â§22.0833, and must be terminated if the TEA makes a determination that the employee or applicant is ineligible for employment under the terms of the TEC, Â§22.085.
(1) The TEA shall notify the employee or applicant by certified mail, return receipt requested, if, based on its criminal history record information review, the TEA proposes to make a determination that an employee or applicant for employment is ineligible for employment under the terms of the TEC, Â§22.085.
(3) The notice shall state that the determination will be made unless the employee or applicant submits a written response to the TEA, which may include supporting documents or affidavits, within 15 calendar days from the date the notice was mailed, and such response demonstrates to the satisfaction of the TEA that the employee or applicant is eligible for employment under the terms of the TEC, Â§22.085.
(1) A school entity shall discharge or refuse to hire an employee or applicant if the school entity obtains information through a criminal history record information review or by notification from the TEA pursuant to the TEC, Â§22.0833(g), that an employee or applicant for employment has been convicted of an offense covered by the TEC, Â§22.085.
(2) Pursuant to the TEC, Â§22.085(e), sanctions may be imposed on the certificate of a certified educator who fails to discharge an employee or fails to refuse to hire an applicant, if the educator knows or should have known that the employee or applicant has been convicted of an offense described in the TEC, Â§22.085(a).
(3) Each school year the superintendent or chief operating officer of a school entity shall certify to the TEA that the school entity has complied with the TEC, Â§22.085.
(g) Appeal of the TEA determination. An employee or applicant for employment may appeal the TEA determination that he or she is not eligible for employment pursuant to the TEC, Â§22.085, according to the procedures described in Â§153.1115 of this title (relating to Appeal of the TEA Determination), but the employee or applicant is not eligible for employment by a school entity unless the TEA determination is reversed by a final administrative order.
Source Note: The provisions of this §153.1109 adopted to be effective December 30, 2007, 32 TexReg 9626
§153.1111: Substitute Teachers
(1) This section applies to a person described in the Texas Education Code (TEC), Â§22.0836, that is, a person who is a substitute teacher for a school entity or who is an applicant for a substitute teaching position.
(4) This notice of the schedule and deadline shall specify the date, which shall be at least 80 calendar days from the date the notice is mailed, that the substitute teacher's national criminal history record information must be received by the TEA as required by this section and the TEC, Â§22.0836.
(6) Only fingerprint, photograph, and identification information that has been properly authorized by the TEA will be accepted by the DPS and included in the Clearinghouse as required by the TEC, Â§22.0836.
(1) A school entity shall ensure that a person subject to the TEC, Â§22.0836, submits the required information before that person's employment begins.
(2) After the required information is submitted, the person may begin employment, but that employment is conditional upon the review of that person's criminal history record information by the TEA pursuant to the TEC, Â§22.0836, and must be terminated if the TEA makes a determination that the employee or applicant is ineligible for employment under the terms of the TEC, Â§22.085.
(1) The TEA shall notify the substitute teacher by certified mail, return receipt requested, if, based on its criminal history record information review and/or its review of the substitute teacher's certification status, if any, the TEA proposes to make a determination that the substitute teacher is ineligible for such employment under the terms of the TEC, Â§22.0836 and Â§22.085.
(3) The notice shall state that the determination will be made unless the substitute teacher submits a written response to the TEA, which may include supporting documents or affidavits, within 15 calendar days from the date the notice was mailed, and such response demonstrates to the satisfaction of the TEA that the substitute teacher is eligible for employment as a substitute teacher under the terms of the TEC, Â§22.0836 and Â§22.085.
(1) A school entity shall discharge or refuse to hire an employee or applicant if the school entity obtains information through a criminal history record information review or by notification from the TEA pursuant to the TEC, Â§22.0836, that an employee or applicant for employment has been convicted of an offense covered by the TEC, Â§22.085, or that an employee or applicant is a certified educator whose certificate is currently revoked or suspended.
(g) Appeal of the TEA determination. A substitute teacher may appeal the TEA determination that he or she is not eligible for employment as a substitute teacher pursuant to the TEC, Â§22.0836 and Â§22.085, according to the procedures described in Â§153.1115 of this title (relating to Appeal of the TEA Determination), but the substitute teacher is not eligible for employment by a school entity as a substitute teacher unless the TEA determination is reversed by a final administrative order.
Source Note: The provisions of this §153.1111 adopted to be effective December 30, 2007, 32 TexReg 9626
§153.1113: Charter School Educators
(1) This section applies to a person described in the Texas Education Code (TEC), Â§22.0832, that is, a person who is an employee or an applicant for employment with an open-enrollment charter school in a position to which the TEC, Â§12.1059, applies.
(1) Upon notice from the Texas Education Agency (TEA), an open-enrollment charter school shall provide the TEA with the names, mailing addresses, and any other requested identifying information for all employees and applicants to whom the TEC, Â§12.1059, applies.
(3) The TEA shall notify the charter school and its employees to whom the TEC, Â§12.1059, applies of the schedule and deadline for the submission of all such information.
(4) This notice of the schedule and deadline shall specify the date, which shall be at least 80 calendar days from the date the notice is mailed, that the covered employee's national criminal history record information must be received by the TEA as required by this section and the TEC, Â§22.0832.
(5) A person who has not submitted the required information by the date specified in the notice shall not be eligible to serve in a position to which the TEC, Â§12.1059, applies.
(6) Only fingerprint, photograph, and identification information that has been properly authorized by the TEA will be accepted by the DPS and included in the Clearinghouse as required by the TEC, Â§22.0832.
(7) The following conditions are material violations of the school's charter, as provided by the TEC, Â§22.0832:
(B) continued employment by an open-enrollment charter school of a person in a position to which the TEC, Â§12.1059, applies, after receipt of notice from the TEA that the person has failed to submit the information required by this section.
(2) An open-enrollment charter school may require an employee to whom the TEC, Â§12.1059, applies to pay all fees related to obtaining and reviewing the national criminal history record information required by this section.
(1) An open-enrollment charter school shall ensure that a person subject to the TEC, Â§22.0832, submits the required information before that person's employment begins in a position to which the TEC, Â§12.1059, applies.
(2) After the required information is submitted, the person may begin employment, but that employment is conditional upon the review of that person's criminal history record information by the TEA pursuant to the TEC, Â§22.0832, and must be terminated if the TEA makes a determination that the employee or applicant is ineligible for employment under the terms of the TEC, Â§22.085.
(1) As required by the TEC, Â§22.0832, the TEA shall review the criminal history record information of a person to whom that section applies to determine if that person would be eligible for certification under the TEC, Chapter 21, Subchapter B, and shall review the certification status, if any, of the person to determine if the person presents a danger to the health, safety, or welfare of the students, as defined by the TEC, Â§12.1162(b).
(3) The TEA may rely on the rules and reported decisions of educator certification cases in its interpretation of the standards for educator certification. The TEA may also determine that a covered charter school educator would not be eligible for educator certification because the educator's revoked or suspended certification status, if any, demonstrates that the educator presents a danger to the health, safety, or welfare of the students, as defined by the TEC, Â§12.1162(b).
(1) The TEA shall notify the charter school educator by certified mail, return receipt requested, if, based on its criminal history record information review, the TEA proposes to make a determination that the charter school educator is ineligible for such employment under the terms of the TEC, Â§Â§12.1162(b) and/or 22.0832 and 22.085.
(3) The notice shall state that the determination will be made unless the charter school educator submits a written response to the TEA, which may include supporting documents or affidavits, within 15 calendar days from the date the notice was mailed, and such response demonstrates to the satisfaction of the TEA that the charter school educator is eligible for employment as a charter school educator under the terms of the TEC, Â§Â§12.1162(b) and/or 22.0832 and 22.085.
(1) An open-enrollment charter school shall discharge or refuse to hire an employee or applicant for a position to which the TEC, Â§12.1059, applies if the charter school obtains information through a criminal history record information review or by notification from the TEA pursuant to the TEC, Â§22.0832, that:
(A) an employee or applicant has been determined to be ineligible for employment as a charter school educator pursuant to the TEC, Â§22.0832 and Â§22.085; or
(B) an employee or applicant has been determined to be ineligible for employment as a charter school educator pursuant to the TEC, Â§12.1162(b), because the employee or applicant is a certified educator whose certificate is currently revoked or suspended for reasons that indicate a danger to the health, safety, or welfare of students, as defined by the TEC, Â§12.1162(b).
(3) Each school year the chief operating officer of an open-enrollment charter school shall certify to the TEA that the school entity has complied with the TEC, Â§22.085.
(h) Appeal of the TEA determination. A charter school educator may appeal the TEA determination that he or she is not eligible for employment as a charter school educator pursuant to the TEC, Â§Â§12.1162(b) and/or 22.0832 and 22.085, according to the procedures in Â§153.1115 of this title (relating to Appeal of the TEA Determination), but the charter school educator is not eligible for employment in a position to which the TEC, Â§12.1059, applies unless the TEA determination is reversed by a final administrative order.
Source Note: The provisions of this §153.1113 adopted to be effective December 30, 2007, 32 TexReg 9626
§153.1115: Appeal of the Tea Determination
(A) Texas Education Code (TEC), Â§12.1162(b);
(B) TEC, Â§22.0832;
(C) TEC, Â§22.0833;
(D) TEC, Â§22.0836;
(E) Â§153.1109 of this title (relating to Noncertified Employees);
(F) Â§153.1111 of this title (relating to Substitute Teachers); and
(G) Â§153.1113 of this title (relating to Charter School Educators).
(2) The petition shall state the factual and legal basis for the appeal of the TEA determination. The petition shall comply with the State Office of Administrative Hearings (SOAH) procedural rule in Title 1, Part 7, Chapter 155, Â§155.29 (relating to Pleadings) and the requirements of a petition appealing a State Board for Educator Certification (SBEC) administrative denial of an application for educator certification under Â§249.12 of this title (relating to Administrative Denial; Appeal) and Â§249.26 of this title (relating to Petition).
Source Note: The provisions of this §153.1115 adopted to be effective December 30, 2007, 32 TexReg 9626
§153.1117: School Contractor Employees
(a) Purpose. Pursuant to the Texas Education Code (TEC), Â§22.0834, this section implements the criminal history record information review of certain school entity contract employees required by the TEC, Â§22.0834.
(1) Required contractor criminal histories. A school entity shall ensure that each of its service contractors certify that the service contractor has obtained all criminal history record information for covered contract employees, as required by the TEC, Â§22.0834.
(3) Standards for criminal history review. A school entity may not allow a covered contract employee to serve at the school entity if the school entity obtains information through a criminal history record information review that the covered contract employee has a disqualifying conviction under the TEC, Â§22.085. However, if it chooses, a school entity may adopt a stricter standard related to criminal history record information than that of the TEC, Â§22.085.
(4) Required reports. Pursuant to Â§249.14(d)(1) of this title (relating to Complaint, Required Reporting, and Investigation; Investigative Notice; Filing of Petition), if a school entity obtains information that a covered contract employee who holds a certificate issued by the State Board for Educator Certification (SBEC) has a reported criminal history, the superintendent, the superintendent's designee, or the director of the school entity shall notify the SBEC of that criminal history within seven calendar days of the date that information is obtained.
(1) Contract employee criminal history requirement. A service contractor shall obtain all criminal history record information that is required by the TEC, Â§22.0834, for all its covered contract employees and the covered contract employees of its subcontractors. If a service contractor determines that a person is not a covered contract employee, the service contractor shall make reasonable efforts to ensure that the conditions or precautions that result in such a determination continue to exist throughout the time that the contracted services are provided.
(2) National criminal history record information. As required by the TEC, Â§22.0834, before or immediately after employing or securing the services of a covered contract employee on or after January 1, 2008, who is not an applicant for or holder of a certificate under the TEC, Chapter 21, Subchapter B, a service contractor shall send or ensure that a covered contract employee sends to the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) the information, which may include fingerprints and photographs, that is necessary for the DPS to obtain the covered contract employee's national criminal history record information. The DPS shall report the national criminal history record information through the Clearinghouse, as provided by the Texas Government Code, Â§411.0845.
(3) Criminal history record information. As required by the TEC, Â§22.0834, a service contractor shall obtain from the DPS, any law enforcement or criminal justice agency, or a private entity that is a consumer reporting agency governed by the Fair Credit Reporting Act all criminal history record information that relates to a covered contract employee who is employed before January 1, 2008, or who is an applicant for or holder of a certificate under the TEC, Chapter 21, Subchapter B, and who is not subject to a national criminal history record information review.
(5) Service contractor certification. A service contractor shall certify to the school entity that it has obtained the criminal history record information required by the TEC, Â§22.0834, for all covered contract employees providing the contracted services. The service contractor shall also certify that it will take reasonable steps to ensure that the conditions or precautions that have resulted in a determination that any person is not a covered contract employee continue to exist throughout the time that the contracted services are provided.
(6) Employees with disqualifying convictions. A service contractor shall not permit a covered contract employee to provide services at a school entity if the employee has a disqualifying conviction under the TEC, Â§22.085.
Source Note: The provisions of this §153.1117 adopted to be effective November 20, 2008, 33 TexReg 9233