Title ED, Education Code

Sec. 21.4553. TEACHER MATHEMATICS ACHIEVEMENT AND INTERVENTIONIST ACADEMIES. (a) The commissioner shall develop and make available mathematics achievement academies for teachers who provide mathematics instruction to students at any grade level. (b) A mathematics achievement acad…

Sec. 21.4555. CIVICS TRAINING PROGRAM. (a) To facilitate the teaching of curriculum consistent with Sections 28.002(h-2) and 28.0022, the commissioner shall develop and make available civics training programs for teachers and administrators. (b) A civics training program develope…

Sec. 21.4556. CIVICS TRAINING PROGRAM ADVISORY BOARD. (a) The commissioner shall establish an advisory board to advise the commissioner in developing the civics training programs under Section 21.4555. (b) The advisory board is composed of nine members appointed by the commission…

Sec. 21.456. SCIENCE TRAINING. (a) The commissioner shall develop and have approved by the board training materials and other teacher training resources for a school district to use in assisting science teachers in developing: (1) expertise in the appropriate science curriculum; …

Sec. 21.457. TRAINING FOR TEACHERS OF EMERGENT BILINGUAL STUDENTS. The commissioner shall develop and make available training materials and other teacher training resources to assist teachers in developing the expertise required to enable emergent bilingual students to meet state…

Sec. 21.4571. TEXAS ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY ASSESSMENT SYSTEM TRAINING. (a) The commissioner may not require a school district employee to repeat training or online calibration activities the employee has previously successfully completed related to administering the Texas E…

Sec. 21.458. MENTORS. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (a-2), each school district may assign a mentor teacher to each classroom teacher who has less than two years of teaching experience in the subject or grade level to which the teacher is assigned. A teacher assigned as a …

Sec. 21.459. BIBLE COURSE TRAINING. (a) The commissioner shall develop and make available training materials and other teacher training resources for a school district to use in assisting teachers of elective Bible courses in developing: (1) expertise in the appropriate Bible cou…

Sec. 21.462. RESOURCES REGARDING STUDENTS WITH MENTAL HEALTH OR SUBSTANCE ABUSE CONDITIONS. The agency, in coordination with the Health and Human Services Commission, shall establish and maintain an Internet website to provide resources for school district or open-enrollment char…

Sec. 21.464. PREKINDERGARTEN TEACHER TRAINING COURSE. (a) The commissioner shall develop a prekindergarten teacher training course to be offered to prekindergarten teachers employed by a school district or open-enrollment charter school. (b) A course provided under this section s…

Sec. 21.465. AUTISM TRAINING. (a) A school district may provide a salary incentive or similar compensation to a teacher who completes training provided by a regional education service center relating to autism. (b) A school district that decides to provide an incentive or compens…

Sec. 21.466. TEACHER QUALITY ASSISTANCE. (a) From money appropriated or otherwise available for the purpose, the agency shall develop training for and provide technical assistance to school districts and open-enrollment charter schools regarding: (1) strategic compensation, staff…

Sec. 21.468. TEACHER POSITION INFORMATION. The agency shall collect data from school districts and open-enrollment charter schools to address teacher retention and recruitment, including the classifications, grade levels, subject areas, duration, and other relevant information re…

Sec. 21.501. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "program" means the Texas Troops to Teachers Program. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 396, Sec. 2.07(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1999.

Sec. 21.502. ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM. The agency shall establish a program to: (1) assist persons who have served in the armed forces of the United States and are separated from active duty to obtain certification as an elementary or secondary school teacher in this state; and (…

Sec. 21.503. ELIGIBILITY. A person is eligible for the program if the person: (1) has served in the armed forces of the United States; (2) is honorably discharged, retired, or released from active duty on or after October 1, 1990, after at least six years of continuous active dut…

Sec. 21.504. INFORMATION AND APPLICATIONS. (a) The agency shall develop an application for the program. (b) The agency and the State Board for Educator Certification shall distribute the applications and information regarding the program. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 396, S…

Sec. 21.505. SELECTION OF PARTICIPANTS. (a) The agency shall select persons to participate in the program on the basis of applications submitted to the agency. (b) Each application must be submitted: (1) in the form and contain the information the agency requires; and (2) in a ti…

Sec. 21.506. LIMITATION ON IMPLEMENTATION. The agency may not select a person to participate in the program unless the agency has sufficient state appropriations to pay the stipend provided by Section 21.509 at the time of the selection. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 396, Se…

Sec. 21.507. PREFERENCES. (a) In selecting persons to participate in the program, the agency shall give preference to a person who: (1) has significant educational or military experience in science, mathematics, or engineering and agrees to seek employment as a teacher in one of …

Sec. 21.508. AGREEMENT. A person selected to participate in the program must enter into a written agreement with the agency under which the person agrees to: (1) obtain, within the period the agency by rule requires, certification as an elementary or secondary school teacher in t…

Sec. 21.509. STIPEND. The agency shall pay to each participant in the program a stipend of $5,000. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 396, Sec. 2.07(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1999.

Sec. 21.510. REIMBURSEMENT. (a) A participant in the program who fails to obtain certification or employment as required in the agreement under Section 21.508 or who voluntarily leaves or is terminated for cause from the employment after teaching in a public elementary or seconda…

Sec. 21.511. RULES. The commissioner shall adopt rules to implement this subchapter. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 396, Sec. 2.07(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1999. Amended by: Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 87 (S.B. 1969), Sec. 7.001, eff. September 1, 2009. SUBCHAPTER L. TEACH FOR T…

Sec. 21.551. PURPOSES. The purposes of the alternative certification Teach for Texas Pilot Program are to: (1) attract to the teaching profession persons who have expressed interest in teaching and to support the certification of those persons as teachers; (2) recognize the impor…

Sec. 21.552. PROGRAM ESTABLISHED. The State Board for Educator Certification by rule shall establish the Teach for Texas Pilot Program consistent with the purposes provided by Section 21.551. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1590, Sec. 8, eff. June 19, 1999. Renumbered from Sec…

Sec. 21.553. FINANCIAL INCENTIVES. (a) The pilot program must offer to participants financial incentives, including tuition assistance and loan forgiveness. In offering a financial incentive, the State Board for Educator Certification shall: (1) require a contract between each pa…

Sec. 21.601. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: (1) "Institution of higher education" has the meaning assigned by 20 U.S.C. Section 1001 and its subsequent amendments. (2) "Program" means the Careers to Classrooms Program. Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 808, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. …

Sec. 21.602. ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM. The agency shall establish a program to: (1) assist persons in obtaining certification in this state as elementary or secondary school teachers or educational aides; and (2) facilitate the employment of those persons by school districts in t…

Sec. 21.603. ELIGIBILITY. A person is eligible for the program if: (1) in the case of a person planning to become certified in this state as a public elementary or secondary school teacher, the person has received a baccalaureate or advanced degree from an institution of higher e…

Sec. 21.604. INFORMATION AND APPLICATIONS. (a) The agency shall develop an application for the program. (b) The agency and the State Board for Educator Certification shall distribute the applications and information regarding the program. Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 808, S…

Sec. 21.605. SELECTION OF PARTICIPANTS. (a) The agency shall select persons to participate in the program on the basis of applications submitted to the agency. (b) Each application must be submitted: (1) in the form and contain the information the agency requires; and (2) in a ti…

Sec. 21.606. PREFERENCES. (a) In selecting persons to participate in the program who are planning to become certified in this state as teachers, the agency shall give preference to a person who: (1) has substantial, demonstrated career experience in science, mathematics, computer…

Sec. 21.607. AGREEMENT. (a) A person selected to participate in the program who is planning to become certified as a teacher must enter into a written agreement with the agency under which the person agrees to: (1) obtain, within the period the agency by rule requires, certificat…

Sec. 21.608. STIPEND. The agency shall pay to each participant in the program a stipend equal to the lesser of: (1) $5,000; or (2) an amount equal to the total costs of the type described by Paragraphs (1), (2), (3), (8), and (9), 20 U.S.C. Section 1087ll, and its subsequent amen…

Sec. 21.609. REIMBURSEMENT. (a) A participant in the program who fails to obtain certification or employment as required by the agreement under Section 21.607 or who voluntarily leaves or is terminated for cause from employment after teaching in a public elementary or secondary s…

Sec. 21.610. GRANTS TO FACILITATE PLACEMENT. (a) The agency may enter into an agreement as prescribed by Subsection (b) with a school district described by Section 21.602(2) that first employs as a full-time elementary or secondary school teacher or educational aide after certifi…

Sec. 21.611. RULES. The commissioner shall adopt rules to implement this subchapter. Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 808, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001. SUBCHAPTER O. EDUCATOR EXCELLENCE INNOVATION PROGRAM

Sec. 21.701. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "program" means the educator excellence innovation program. Added by Acts 2006, 79th Leg., 3rd C.S., Ch. 5 (H.B. 1), Sec. 4.08, eff. May 31, 2006. Amended by: Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 948 (H.B. 1751), Sec. 2, eff. June 14, 2013.

Sec. 21.7011. PURPOSES. The purposes of the educator excellence innovation program are to: (1) systemically transform: (A) educator quality and effectiveness through improved and innovative school district-level recruitment, preparation, hiring, induction, evaluation, professiona…

Sec. 21.702. EDUCATOR EXCELLENCE INNOVATION PROGRAM. (a) The commissioner by rule shall establish the program under which school districts, in accordance with local educator excellence innovation plans approved by the commissioner, receive competitive program grants from the agen…

Sec. 21.703. AMOUNT OF GRANT AWARD. (a) Each state fiscal year, the agency shall provide each school district approved on a competitive basis under this subchapter with a grant in an amount determined by the agency in accordance with commissioner rule. (b) Not later than April 1 …

Sec. 21.704. LOCAL EDUCATOR EXCELLENCE INNOVATION PLANS. (a) In a school district that intends to participate in the program, the district-level planning and decision-making committee established under Subchapter F, Chapter 11, shall develop a local educator excellence innovation…

Sec. 21.706. INNOVATION PLAN PAYMENTS; AUTHORIZED GENERAL AND SPECIFIC USES. A school district may use grant funds awarded to the district under this subchapter only to carry out purposes of the program as described by Section 21.7011, in accordance with the district's local educ…

Sec. 21.7061. IMPLEMENTATION FLEXIBILITY. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this code and subject to Subsection (b), a school district may apply to the commissioner in writing in accordance with commissioner rule for a waiver to exempt the district or one or more distric…

Sec. 21.707. RULES. The commissioner shall adopt rules necessary to administer this subchapter. Added by Acts 2006, 79th Leg., 3rd C.S., Ch. 5 (H.B. 1), Sec. 4.08, eff. May 31, 2006. SUBCHAPTER R. PREPARING AND RETAINING EDUCATORS THROUGH PARTNERSHIP PROGRAMS