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TX Educ Code § 21.0487 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle D - Educators and School District Employees and Volunteers|Chapter 21 - Educators|Subchapter B. Certification of Educators|Section 21.0487. Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps Teacher Certification

Sec. 21.0487.  JUNIOR RESERVE OFFICER TRAINING CORPS TEACHER CERTIFICATION.  (a)  The board shall establish a standard Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps teaching certificate to provide Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps instruction.(b)  To be eligible for a certificate under this section, a person must:(1)  hold a bachelor's degree from an institution of higher education that is, and at the time the person received the degree was, accredited or otherwise approved by an accrediting organization recognized by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board;(2)  satisfy the eligibility and testing requirements for certification as a Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps instructor established by the branch of service in which the person served; and(3)  complete an approved educator preparation program.(c)  The board shall propose rules to:(1)  approve educator preparation programs to prepare a person as a teacher for certification under this section; and(2)  establish requirements under which:(A)  a person's training and experience acquired during the person's military service serves as proof of the person's demonstration of subject matter knowledge if that training and experience is verified by the branch of service in which the person served; and(B)  a person's employment by a school district as a Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps instructor before the person was enrolled in an educator preparation program or while the person is enrolled in an educator preparation program is applied to satisfy any student teaching, internship, or field-based experience program requirement.(d)  A person is not required to hold a certificate established under this section to be employed by a school district as a Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps instructor.|Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1194 (S.B. 1309), Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 2015.|
TX Educ Code § 21.0488 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle D - Educators and School District Employees and Volunteers|Chapter 21 - Educators|Subchapter B. Certification of Educators|Section 21.0488. Trades and Industries Education Certification for Military Personnel

Sec. 21.0488.  TRADES AND INDUSTRIES EDUCATION CERTIFICATION FOR MILITARY PERSONNEL.  (a)  To the extent that rules adopted under this subchapter require a person seeking trades and industries education certification to hold a license or other professional credential for a specific trade, a person who is a current or former member of the United States armed services is considered to have satisfied that requirement if the person has  experience in that trade obtained through military service.(b)  The board may not propose rules requiring a current or former member of the United States armed services who seeks career and technology education certification for a specific trade to hold a credential related to that trade or possess experience related to that trade other than the experience in that trade obtained through military service.|Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 755 (H.B. 2014), Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 2015.Redesignated from Education Code, Section 21.0487 by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 324 (S.B. 1488), Sec. 24.001(5), eff. September 1, 2017.|
TX Educ Code § 21.0489 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle D - Educators and School District Employees and Volunteers|Chapter 21 - Educators|Subchapter B. Certification of Educators|Section 21.0489. Early Childhood Certification

Sec. 21.0489.  EARLY CHILDHOOD CERTIFICATION.  (a)  To ensure that there are teachers with special training in early childhood education focusing on prekindergarten through grade three, the board shall establish an early childhood certificate.(b)  A person is not required to hold a certificate established under this section to be employed by a school district to provide instruction in prekindergarten through grade three.(c)  To be eligible for a certificate established under this section, a person must:(1)  either:(A)  satisfactorily complete the course work for that certificate in an educator preparation program, including a knowledge-based and skills-based course of instruction on early childhood education that includes:(i)  teaching methods for:(a)  using small group instructional formats that focus on building social, emotional, and academic skills;(b)  navigating multiple content areas; and(c)  managing a classroom environment in which small groups of students are working on different tasks; and(ii)  strategies for teaching fundamental academic skills, including reading, writing, and numeracy; or(B)  hold an early childhood through grade six certificate issued under this subchapter and satisfactorily complete a course of instruction described by Paragraph (A);(2)  perform satisfactorily on an early childhood certificate examination prescribed by the board; and(3)  satisfy any other requirements prescribed by the board.(d)  The criteria for the course of instruction described by Subsection (c)(1)(A) shall be developed by the board in consultation with faculty members who provide instruction at institutions of higher education in educator preparation programs for an early childhood through grade six certificate.|Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 757 (S.B. 1839), Sec. 5, eff. June 12, 2017.Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 837 (H.B. 2039), Sec. 1, eff. June 15, 2017.                  Amended by: Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 467 (H.B. 4170), Sec. 5.002, eff. September 1, 2019.|
TX Educ Code § 21.04891 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle D - Educators and School District Employees and Volunteers|Chapter 21 - Educators|Subchapter B. Certification of Educators|Section 21.04891. Bilingual Special Education Certification

Sec. 21.04891.  BILINGUAL SPECIAL EDUCATION CERTIFICATION.  (a)  In this section, "limited English proficiency" has the meaning assigned by Section 29.052.(b)  To ensure that there are teachers with special training in providing instruction to students of limited English proficiency with disabilities, the board shall establish a bilingual special education certificate.(c)  To be eligible for a certificate established under this section, a person must:(1)  satisfactorily complete the coursework for that certificate in an educator preparation program, including a skills-based course of instruction on providing instruction to students of limited English proficiency with disabilities, which must include instruction on:(A)  the foundations of bilingual, multicultural, and second language special education;(B)  providing individualized education programs for students of limited English proficiency with disabilities;(C)  providing assessment of students of limited English proficiency with and without disabilities;(D)  developing teaching methods to recognize the intellectual, developmental, and emotional needs of students in dual language and transitional bilingual education settings;(E)  teaching fundamental academic skills, including reading, writing, and mathematics, to students of limited English proficiency; and(F)  creating partnerships with families and school professionals;(2)  perform satisfactorily on a bilingual special education certificate examination prescribed by the board; and(3)  satisfy any other requirements prescribed by the board.|Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 691 (H.B. 2256), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2021.|
TX Educ Code § 21.049 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle D - Educators and School District Employees and Volunteers|Chapter 21 - Educators|Subchapter B. Certification of Educators|Section 21.049. Alternative Certification

Sec. 21.049.  ALTERNATIVE CERTIFICATION.  (a)  To provide a continuing additional source of qualified educators, the board shall propose rules providing for educator certification programs as an alternative to traditional educator preparation programs.  The rules may not provide that a person may be certified under this section only if there is a demonstrated shortage of educators in a school district or subject area.(b)  The board may not require a person employed as a teacher in an alternative education program under Section 37.008 or a juvenile justice alternative education program under Section 37.011 for at least three years to complete an alternative educator certification program adopted under this section before taking the appropriate certification examination.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.  Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 609, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.|See note following this section.
TX Educ Code § 21.0491 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle D - Educators and School District Employees and Volunteers|Chapter 21 - Educators|Subchapter B. Certification of Educators|Section 21.0491. Probationary and Standard Trade and Industrial Workforce Training Certificates

Sec. 21.0491.  PROBATIONARY AND STANDARD TRADE AND INDUSTRIAL WORKFORCE TRAINING CERTIFICATES.  (a)  To provide a continuing additional source of teachers to provide workforce training, the board shall establish a probationary trade and industrial workforce training certificate and a standard trade and industrial workforce training certificate that may be obtained through an abbreviated educator preparation program under Section 21.0442.(b)  To be eligible for a probationary certificate under this section, a person must:(1)  satisfactorily complete the course work for that certificate in an educator preparation program under Section 21.0442; and(2)  satisfy any other requirements prescribed by the board.(c)  To be eligible for a standard certificate under this section, a person must:(1)  hold a probationary certificate issued under this section; (2)  be employed by:(A)  a public or private primary or secondary school; or(B)  an institution of higher education or an independent or private institution of higher education as those terms are defined by Section 61.003; and(3)  perform satisfactorily on a standard trade and industrial workforce training certificate examination prescribed by the board.(d)  The limitation imposed by Section 21.048(a-1) on the number of administrations of an examination does not apply to the administration of the standard trade and industrial workforce training certificate examination prescribed by the board.(e)  Notwithstanding any other law, the board may administer the standard trade and industrial workforce training certificate examination to a person who satisfies the requirements of Subsections (c)(1) and (2).(f)  The board shall propose rules to:(1)  specify the term of a probationary certificate and a standard certificate issued under this section; and(2)  establish the requirements for renewal of a standard certificate.Text of section effective on June 15, 2017, but only if a specific appropriation is provided as described by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1077 (H.B. 3349), Sec. 3, which states: This Act takes effect only if a specific appropriation for the implementation of the Act is provided in a general appropriations act of the 85th Legislature.|Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1077 (H.B. 3349), Sec. 1, eff. June 15, 2017.|
TX Educ Code § 21.050 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle D - Educators and School District Employees and Volunteers|Chapter 21 - Educators|Subchapter B. Certification of Educators|Section 21.050. Academic Degree Required for Teaching Certificate; Field-Based Experience or Internship

Sec. 21.050.  ACADEMIC DEGREE REQUIRED FOR TEACHING CERTIFICATE; FIELD-BASED EXPERIENCE OR INTERNSHIP.  (a)  A person who applies for a teaching certificate for which board rules require a bachelor's degree must possess a bachelor's degree received with an academic major or interdisciplinary academic major, including reading, that is related to the curriculum as prescribed under Subchapter A, Chapter 28.(b)   The board shall provide for a minimum number of semester credit hours of field-based experience or internship to be included in the credit hours needed for certification.  The board may propose rules requiring additional credit hours for certification in bilingual education, English as a second language, early childhood education, or special education.(c)  A person who receives a bachelor's degree required for a teaching certificate on the basis of higher education coursework completed while receiving an exemption from tuition and fees under Section 54.363 may not be required to participate in any field experience or internship consisting of student teaching to receive a teaching certificate.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.  Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 524, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997;  Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 74, Sec. 2, eff. May 14, 2001.Amended by: Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 359 (S.B. 32), Sec. 2, eff. January 1, 2012.Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 206 (H.B. 3217), Sec. 1, eff. May 24, 2019.Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 206 (H.B. 3217), Sec. 2, eff. May 24, 2019.|
TX Educ Code § 21.053 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle D - Educators and School District Employees and Volunteers|Chapter 21 - Educators|Subchapter B. Certification of Educators|Section 21.053. Presentation and Recording of Certificates

Sec. 21.053.  PRESENTATION AND RECORDING OF CERTIFICATES.  (a)  A person who desires to teach in a public school shall present the person's certificate for filing with the employing district before the person's contract with the board of trustees of the district is binding.(b)  An educator who does not hold a valid certificate may not be paid for teaching or work done before the effective date of issuance of a valid certificate.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.|
TX Educ Code § 21.0541 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle D - Educators and School District Employees and Volunteers|Chapter 21 - Educators|Subchapter B. Certification of Educators|Section 21.0541. Continuing Education Credit for Instruction Related to Use of Automated External Defibrillator

Sec. 21.0541.  CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDIT FOR INSTRUCTION RELATED TO USE OF AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR.  The board shall adopt rules allowing an educator to receive credit towards the educator's continuing education requirements for completion of an instructional course on the use of an automated external defibrillator that meets any guidelines for automated external defibrillator training approved by the board.|Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1143 (S.B. 382), Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 2015.Amended by: Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 545 (S.B. 199), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2021.|
TX Educ Code § 21.0543 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle D - Educators and School District Employees and Volunteers|Chapter 21 - Educators|Subchapter B. Certification of Educators|Section 21.0543. Continuing Education Credit for Instruction Related to Digital Technology

Sec. 21.0543.  CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDIT FOR INSTRUCTION RELATED TO DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY.  The board shall propose rules allowing an educator to receive credit toward the educator's continuing education requirements for completion of education courses that:(1)  use technology to increase the educator's digital literacy; and(2)  assist the educator in the use of digital technology in learning activities that improve teaching, assessment, and instructional practices.|Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 757 (S.B. 1839), Sec. 9, eff. June 12, 2017.|
TX Educ Code § 21.056 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle D - Educators and School District Employees and Volunteers|Chapter 21 - Educators|Subchapter B. Certification of Educators|Section 21.056. Additional Certification

Sec. 21.056.  ADDITIONAL CERTIFICATION.  The board by rule shall provide for a certified educator to qualify for additional certification to teach at a grade level or in a subject area not covered by the educator's certificate upon satisfactory completion of an examination or other assessment of the educator's qualification.|Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1356, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Educ Code § 21.057 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle D - Educators and School District Employees and Volunteers|Chapter 21 - Educators|Subchapter B. Certification of Educators|Section 21.057. Parental Notification

Sec. 21.057.  PARENTAL NOTIFICATION.  (a)  A school district that assigns an inappropriately certified or uncertified teacher to the same classroom for more than 30 consecutive instructional days during the same school year shall provide written notice of the assignment to a parent or guardian of each student in that classroom.(b)  The superintendent of the school district shall provide the notice required by Subsection (a) not later than the 30th instructional day after the date of the assignment of the inappropriately certified or uncertified teacher.(c)  The school district shall:(1)  make a good-faith effort to ensure that the notice required by this section is provided in a bilingual form to any parent or guardian whose primary language is not English;(2)  retain a copy of any notice provided under this section;  and(3)  make information relating to teacher certification available to the public on request.(d)  For purposes of this section, "inappropriately certified or uncertified teacher":(1)  includes:(A)  an individual serving on an emergency certificate issued under Section 21.041(b)(2);  or(B)  an individual who does not hold any certificate or permit issued under this chapter and is not employed as specified by Subdivision (2)(E);  and(2)  does not include an individual:(A)  who is a certified teacher assigned to teach a class or classes outside his or her area of certification, as determined by rules proposed by the board in specifying the certificate required for each assignment;(B)  serving on a certificate issued due to a hearing impairment under Section 21.048;(C)  serving on a certificate issued pursuant to enrollment in an approved alternative certification program under Section 21.049;(D)  certified by another state or country and serving on a certificate issued under Section 21.052;(E)  serving on a school district teaching permit issued under Section 21.055;  or(F)  employed under a waiver granted by the commissioner pursuant to Section 7.056.(e)  This section does not apply if a school is required in accordance with Section 1006, Every Student Succeeds Act (20 U.S.C. Section 6312(e)(1)(B)(ii)), to provide notice to a parent or guardian regarding a teacher who does not meet certification requirements at the grade level and subject area in which the teacher is assigned, provided the school provides notice as required by that Act.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 680, Sec. 1, eff. June 18, 1999.  Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1027, Sec. 1, eff. June 20, 2003.Amended by: Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 372 (H.B. 3563), Sec. 1, eff. June 1, 2017.|
TX Educ Code § 21.0581 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle D - Educators and School District Employees and Volunteers|Chapter 21 - Educators|Subchapter B. Certification of Educators|Section 21.0581. Revocation for Assisting Person Who Engaged in Sexual Misconduct Obtain Employment

Sec. 21.0581.  REVOCATION FOR ASSISTING PERSON WHO ENGAGED IN SEXUAL MISCONDUCT OBTAIN EMPLOYMENT.  (a)  The board may suspend or revoke a certificate held by a person under this subchapter, impose other sanctions against the person, or refuse to issue a certificate to the person under this subchapter if:(1)  the person assists another person in obtaining employment at a school district, private school, or open-enrollment charter school, other than by the routine transmission of administrative and personnel files; and(2)  the person knew that the other person has previously engaged in sexual misconduct with a minor or student in violation of the law.(b)  The commissioner may require a school district to revoke or decline to issue a school district teaching permit under Section 21.055 issued to or requested by a person subject to board action under Subsection (a).|Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 178 (S.B. 7), Sec. 12, eff. September 1, 2017.Amended by: Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 986 (S.B. 1230), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2019.|
TX Educ Code § 21.0585 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle D - Educators and School District Employees and Volunteers|Chapter 21 - Educators|Subchapter B. Certification of Educators|Section 21.0585. Notice to Agency Regarding Revocation of Certificate or Permit for Certain Misconduct

Sec. 21.0585.  NOTICE TO AGENCY REGARDING REVOCATION OF CERTIFICATE OR PERMIT FOR CERTAIN MISCONDUCT.  The board shall promptly notify the agency for purposes of Section 22.092 if the board revokes a certificate or permit of a person on a finding that the person engaged in misconduct described by Section 21.006(b)(2)(A) or (A-1).|Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 943 (H.B. 3), Sec. 2A.012, eff. September 1, 2019.|
TX Educ Code § 21.059 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle D - Educators and School District Employees and Volunteers|Chapter 21 - Educators|Subchapter B. Certification of Educators|Section 21.059. Extension of Certain Deadlines for Active Duty Military Personnel

Sec. 21.059.  EXTENSION OF CERTAIN DEADLINES FOR ACTIVE DUTY MILITARY PERSONNEL.  A person who holds a certificate or permit under this subchapter who is a member of the state military forces or a reserve component of the armed forces of the United States and who is ordered to active duty by proper authority is entitled to an additional amount of time, equal to the total number of years or parts of years that the educator serves on active duty, to complete:(1)  any continuing education requirements; and(2)  any requirements relating to renewal or extension of the person's certificate or permit.|Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 675 (S.B. 143), Sec. 3, eff. June 17, 2005.|
TX Educ Code § 21.060 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle D - Educators and School District Employees and Volunteers|Chapter 21 - Educators|Subchapter B. Certification of Educators|Section 21.060. Eligibility of Persons Convicted of Certain Offenses

Sec. 21.060.  ELIGIBILITY OF PERSONS CONVICTED OF CERTAIN OFFENSES.  The board may suspend or revoke the certificate or permit held by a person under this subchapter, impose other sanctions against the person, or refuse to issue a certificate or permit to a person under this subchapter if the person has been convicted of a felony or misdemeanor offense relating to the duties and responsibilities of the education profession, including:(1)  an offense involving moral turpitude;(2)  an offense involving a form of sexual or physical abuse of a minor or student or other illegal conduct in which the victim is a minor or student;(3)  a felony offense involving the possession, transfer, sale, or distribution of or conspiracy to possess, transfer, sell, or distribute a controlled substance, as defined by Chapter 481, Health and Safety Code, or by 21 U.S.C. Section 801 et seq.;(4)  an offense involving the illegal transfer, appropriation, or use of school district funds or other district property; or(5)  an offense involving an attempt by fraudulent or unauthorized means to obtain or alter a professional certificate or license issued under this subchapter.|Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1372 (S.B. 9), Sec. 5, eff. June 15, 2007.|