Title ED, Education Code

Sec. 19.0042. INFORMATION TO BE PROVIDED BY DISTRICT BEFORE CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION PROGRAM ENROLLMENT. Before a person described by Section 19.005 enrolls in a district career and technical education program, the district must inform the person in writing of: (1) any rule…

Sec. 19.0043. CREDIT FOR COMPLETION OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS; HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA AND CERTIFICATE. (a) A school district shall grant credit to a student toward the academic, career and technology, or other course requirements for high school graduation for courses the student succ…

Sec. 19.005. ELIGIBILITY FOR CERTAIN PROGRAMS AND SERVICES. (a) Any person confined or imprisoned in the department who is not a high school graduate is eligible for programs or services under this chapter paid for with money from the foundation school fund. To the extent space i…

Sec. 19.0051. EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS. (a) The Windham School District shall develop and provide an educational program that includes the curriculum requirements for a high school diploma under Section 28.025 or a course of instruction that prepares the person for the high school eq…

Sec. 19.0052. ADULT EDUCATION PILOT PROGRAM. (a) The Windham School District shall establish a pilot program under which one or more nonprofit entities provide an adult education program under Subchapter G, Chapter 12, to enable persons described by Subsection (b) to successfully…

Sec. 19.006. GRANTS AND FEDERAL FUNDS. (a) The district may accept a grant from a public or private organization and may spend those funds to operate district programs and provide district services. (b) The district may accept federal funds and shall use those funds in compliance…

Sec. 19.007. COSTS TO BE BORNE BY STATE. (a) Except as authorized by Section 19.006 and this section, the state shall pay the cost of operating the district. (b) The costs for persons eligible under Section 19.005 shall be paid from the foundation school fund. (c) In addition to …

Sec. 19.008. ALLOCATION OF COSTS. (a) The commissioner shall allocate funds to the district from the foundation school fund based on an amount, established in the General Appropriations Act, for each contact hour between a teacher and a person eligible under Section 19.005, inclu…

Sec. 19.009. DISTRICT EMPLOYEES. (a) District employees are not considered employees of the state except as provided for in this section. The board may establish personnel policies as necessary to ensure the effective and efficient operation of the district. (b) Each employee of …

Sec. 19.010. STRATEGIC PLAN AND ANNUAL REPORT. (a) The district shall propose, and the board shall adopt with any modification the board finds necessary, a strategic plan that includes: (1) a mission statement relating to the goals and duties of the district under this chapter; (…

Sec. 19.011. COORDINATION WITH OTHER STATE AGENCIES. (a) In order to achieve the goals stated in Section 19.003, the district with the cooperation of the Health and Human Services Commission, the Texas Workforce Investment Council, the Texas Workforce Commission, the Texas Econom…

Sec. 19.012. POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION. The district and the department shall enter into a memorandum of understanding for postsecondary education programs to be administered by the district. Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1022 (S.B. 2405), Sec. 10, eff. September 1, 2025…

Sec. 19.013. POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION ADVISORY BOARD. (a) The district shall establish a postsecondary education advisory board to advise the district and the department regarding postsecondary education programs. (b) The advisory board is composed of members who are relevant stak…

Sec. 21.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Commissioner" includes a person designated by the commissioner. (2) "Digital learning" means any type of learning that is facilitated by technology or instructional practice that makes effective use of technology. (3) "Digital liter…

Sec. 21.002. TEACHER EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS. (a) A school district shall employ each classroom teacher, principal, librarian, nurse, or school counselor under: (1) a probationary contract, as provided by Subchapter C; (2) a continuing contract, as provided by Subchapter D; or (3) a…

Sec. 21.003. CERTIFICATION REQUIRED. (a) A person may not be employed as a teacher, teacher intern or teacher trainee, librarian, educational aide, administrator, educational diagnostician, or school counselor by a school district unless the person holds an appropriate certificat…

Sec. 21.0031. FAILURE TO OBTAIN CERTIFICATION; CONTRACT VOID. (a) An employee's probationary, continuing, or term contract under this chapter is void if the employee: (1) does not hold a valid certificate or permit issued by the State Board for Educator Certification; (2) fails t…

Sec. 21.0032. EMPLOYMENT OF UNCERTIFIED CLASSROOM TEACHERS. (a) A school district may not employ as a teacher of record for a course in the foundation curriculum under Section 28.002 a person who does not hold an appropriate certificate or permit required by the State Board for E…

Sec. 21.0033. TEACHER CERTIFICATION INCENTIVE. (a) From money appropriated or otherwise available for the purpose, the agency shall provide to each school district a one-time payment of $1,000 for each classroom teacher employed by the district who: (1) was hired for the 2022-202…

Sec. 21.004. TEACHER RECRUITMENT PROGRAM. (a) To the extent that funds are available, the agency, the State Board for Educator Certification, and the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board shall develop and implement programs to identify talented students and recruit those stu…

Sec. 21.031. PURPOSE. (a) The State Board for Educator Certification is established to recognize public school educators as professionals and to grant educators the authority to govern the standards of their profession. The board shall regulate and oversee all aspects of the cert…

Sec. 21.032. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "board" means the State Board for Educator Certification. Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.

Sec. 21.033. STATE BOARD FOR EDUCATOR CERTIFICATION. (a) The State Board for Educator Certification is composed of 15 members. The commissioner of education shall appoint an employee of the agency to represent the commissioner as a nonvoting member. The commissioner of higher edu…

Sec. 21.034. TERMS; VACANCY. (a) The board members appointed by the governor hold office for staggered terms of six years with the terms of one-third of the members expiring on February 1 of each odd-numbered year. A member appointed by the commissioner of education or the commis…

Sec. 21.035. DELEGATION AUTHORITY; ADMINISTRATION BY AGENCY. (a) The board is permitted to make a written delegation of authority to the commissioner or the agency to informally dispose of a contested case involving educator certification. (b) The agency shall provide the board's…

Sec. 21.036. OFFICERS. The board shall elect one of its members to serve as presiding officer for a term of two years. The presiding officer is entitled to vote on all matters before the board. The board may elect other officers from among its membership. Added by Acts 1995, 74th…

Sec. 21.037. COMPENSATION. A board member may not receive compensation for serving on the board. A member is entitled to reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses incurred in performing functions as a member of the board, subject to any applicable limitation on reimbursemen…

Sec. 21.038. MEETINGS. (a) The board shall meet at least once in each quarter of the calendar year. (b) The board may meet at other times at the call of the presiding officer or as provided by the rules of the board. Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 19…

Sec. 21.040. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES OF BOARD. The board shall: (1) appoint the members of any advisory committee to the board; (2) for each class of educator certificate, appoint an advisory committee composed of members of that class to recommend standards for that class to t…

Sec. 21.041. RULES; FEES. (a) The board may adopt rules as necessary for its own procedures. (b) The board shall propose rules that: (1) provide for the regulation of educators and the general administration of this subchapter in a manner consistent with this subchapter; (2) spec…

Sec. 21.0411. WAIVER OR PAYMENT OF CERTAIN EXAMINATION AND CERTIFICATION FEES. (a) Notwithstanding a rule adopted under Section 21.041(c), the board shall, for a person applying for a certification in special education, bilingual education, or another area specified by the Genera…

Sec. 21.0412. TYPES OF TEACHING CERTIFICATES. (a) In proposing rules specifying the types of teaching certificates to be issued under this subchapter, the board shall provide for a candidate to be issued: (1) a standard certificate if the candidate satisfies: (A) all traditional …

Sec. 21.042. APPROVAL OF RULES. The State Board for Educator Certification must submit a written copy of each rule it proposes to adopt to the State Board of Education for review. The State Board of Education may reject a proposed rule by a vote of at least two-thirds of the memb…

Sec. 21.043. ACCESS TO PEIMS DATA. (a) The agency shall provide the board with access to data obtained under the Public Education Information Management System (PEIMS). (b) The agency shall provide educator preparation programs with data based on information reported through the …

Sec. 21.044. EDUCATOR PREPARATION. (a) The board shall propose rules: (1) specifying what each educator is expected to know and be able to do, particularly with regard to students with disabilities; (2) establishing the training requirements a person must accomplish to obtain a c…

Sec. 21.0441. ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS FOR EDUCATOR PREPARATION PROGRAMS. (a) Rules of the board proposed under this subchapter must provide that a person, other than a person seeking career and technology education certification, is not eligible for admission to an educator prepar…

Sec. 21.0442. EDUCATOR PREPARATION PROGRAM FOR PROBATIONARY AND STANDARD TRADE AND INDUSTRIAL WORKFORCE TRAINING CERTIFICATES. (a) The board shall propose rules under this subchapter to create an abbreviated educator preparation program for a person seeking certification in trade…

Sec. 21.04421. TRADITIONAL TEACHER PREPARATION. (a) In proposing rules under this subchapter regarding training requirements for a candidate seeking certification through a traditional teacher preparation route in which a candidate may concurrently receive an undergraduate or mas…

Sec. 21.04422. TEACHER RESIDENCY PREPARATION. (a) The board shall propose rules under this subchapter to create a teacher residency preparation route. (b) In proposing rules for a teacher residency preparation route under this section, the board must require that the program: (1)…

Sec. 21.04423. ALTERNATIVE TEACHER PREPARATION. In proposing rules under this subchapter regarding training requirements for a candidate who has previously earned a degree and is seeking certification through an alternative teacher preparation route, the board shall establish: (1…

Sec. 21.0443. EDUCATOR PREPARATION PROGRAM APPROVAL AND RENEWAL. (a) The board shall propose rules to establish standards to govern the approval or renewal of approval of: (1) educator preparation programs; (2) the teacher preparation routes established under Sections 21.04421, 2…

Sec. 21.0444. TEMPORARY CERTIFICATION FOR CERTAIN MILITARY SERVICE MEMBERS AND FIRST RESPONDERS. (a) In this section, "first responder" means a person elected, employed, or appointed as: (1) a peace officer as defined by Article 2A.001, Code of Criminal Procedure; (2) fire protec…

Sec. 21.045. ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM FOR EDUCATOR PREPARATION PROGRAMS. (a) The board shall propose rules necessary to establish standards to govern the continuing accountability of all educator preparation programs based on the following information that is disaggregated with resp…

Sec. 21.0451. SANCTIONS UNDER ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM FOR EDUCATOR PREPARATION PROGRAMS. (a) The board shall propose rules necessary for the sanction of educator preparation programs that do not meet accountability standards or comply with state law or rules and shall at least annu…

Sec. 21.0452. CONSUMER INFORMATION REGARDING EDUCATOR PREPARATION PROGRAMS. (a) To assist persons interested in obtaining teaching certification in selecting an educator preparation program and assist school districts in making staffing decisions, the board shall make information…

Sec. 21.0453. INFORMATION FOR CANDIDATES FOR TEACHER CERTIFICATION. (a) The board shall require an educator preparation program to provide candidates for teacher certification with information concerning the following: (1) skills and responsibilities required of teachers with reg…