Title ED, Education Code

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

Sec. 21.901. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: (1) "Alternative partnership preservice program" means the Preparing and Retaining Educators through Partnership Alternative Preservice Program established under Section 21.905. (2) "Board" means the State Board for Educator Certifica…

Sec. 21.902. PREPARING AND RETAINING EDUCATORS THROUGH PARTNERSHIP PRESERVICE PROGRAMS. (a) The commissioner shall establish Preparing and Retaining Educators through Partnership Preservice Programs to enable qualified educator preparation programs, as determined by the commissio…

Sec. 21.903. PREPARING AND RETAINING EDUCATORS THROUGH PARTNERSHIP TRADITIONAL PRESERVICE PROGRAM. (a) The commissioner shall establish the Preparing and Retaining Educators through Partnership Traditional Preservice Program as a partnership preservice program to enable qualified…

Sec. 21.904. PREPARING AND RETAINING EDUCATORS THROUGH PARTNERSHIP RESIDENCY PRESERVICE PROGRAM. (a) The commissioner shall establish the Preparing and Retaining Educators through Partnership Residency Preservice Program as a partnership preservice program to enable qualified edu…

Sec. 21.905. PREPARING AND RETAINING EDUCATORS THROUGH PARTNERSHIP ALTERNATIVE PRESERVICE PROGRAM. (a) The commissioner shall establish the Preparing and Retaining Educators through Partnership Alternative Preservice Program as a partnership preservice program to enable qualified…

Sec. 21.906. PREPARING AND RETAINING EDUCATORS THROUGH PARTNERSHIP GROW YOUR OWN PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM. (a) The commissioner shall establish the Preparing and Retaining Educators through Partnership Grow Your Own Partnership Program to enable qualified institutions of higher educat…

Sec. 21.907. PREPARING AND RETAINING EDUCATORS THROUGH PARTNERSHIP MENTORSHIP PROGRAM. (a) The commissioner shall establish a preparing and retaining educators through partnership mentorship program through which participating school districts or open-enrollment charter schools i…

Sec. 21.908. EDUCATOR PREPARATION PROGRAM SUPPORT. The agency shall develop and maintain a program to assist educator preparation programs in implementing this subchapter. Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1065 (H.B. 2), Sec. 2.17, eff. June 20, 2025.

Sec. 21.909. PROGRAM STANDARDS AND PERFORMANCE GOALS. (a) The commissioner shall adopt rules establishing: (1) standards for partnership programs established under this subchapter, including eligibility criteria for educator preparation programs and institutions of higher educati…

Sec. 21.910. AUTHORITY TO ACCEPT CERTAIN MONEY. The commissioner may solicit and accept gifts, grants, and donations from public and private entities to use for the purposes of this subchapter. Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1065 (H.B. 2), Sec. 2.17, eff. June 20, 2025.

Sec. 21.911. RULES. The commissioner shall adopt rules as necessary to implement this subchapter. Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1065 (H.B. 2), Sec. 2.17, eff. June 20, 2025.

Sec. 22.001. SALARY DEDUCTIONS FOR PROFESSIONAL OR OTHER DUES. (a) A school district employee is entitled to have an amount deducted from the employee's salary for membership fees or dues to a professional organization or an entity providing services to classroom teachers under S…

Sec. 22.002. ASSIGNMENT, TRANSFER, OR PLEDGE OF COMPENSATION. (a) In this section, "school employee" means any person employed by a school district in an executive, administrative, or clerical capacity or as a superintendent, principal, teacher, or instructor. (b) Any school empl…

Sec. 22.003. MINIMUM PERSONAL LEAVE PROGRAM. (a) A state minimum personal leave program consisting of five days per year personal leave with no limit on accumulation and transferable among districts shall be provided for school district employees. School districts may provide add…

Sec. 22.004. GROUP HEALTH BENEFITS FOR SCHOOL EMPLOYEES. (a) A district shall participate in the uniform group coverage program established under Chapter 1579, Insurance Code, as provided by Subchapter D of that chapter. (b) A district that does not participate in the program des…

Sec. 22.005. HEALTH CARE PLAN AND FUND. (a) The board of trustees of a school district may establish a health care plan for employees of the district and dependents of employees. (b) In implementing the health care plan, the board shall establish a fund to pay, as authorized unde…

Sec. 22.006. DISCRIMINATION BASED ON JURY SERVICE PROHIBITED. (a) A school district may not discharge, discipline, reduce the salary of, or otherwise penalize or discriminate against a school district employee because of the employee's compliance with a summons to appear as a jur…

Sec. 22.007. INCENTIVES FOR EARLY RETIREMENT. A district may not offer or provide a financial or other incentive to an employee of the district to encourage the employee to retire from the Teacher Retirement System of Texas. Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1359 (S.B. 1691), Se…

Sec. 22.011. REQUIRING OR COERCING EMPLOYEES TO MAKE CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS. (a) A school district board of trustees or school district employee may not directly or indirectly require or coerce any school district employee to: (1) make a contribution to a charitable organizatio…

Sec. 22.012. RELIGIOUS SPEECH OR PRAYER. The right of an employee of a school district or open-enrollment charter school to engage in religious speech or prayer while on duty may not be infringed on by the district or school or another state governmental entity, unless the infrin…

Sec. 22.051. DEFINITION; OTHER IMMUNITY. (a) In this subchapter, "professional employee of a school district" includes: (1) a superintendent, principal, teacher, including a substitute teacher, supervisor, social worker, school counselor, nurse, and teacher's aide employed by a s…

Sec. 22.0511. IMMUNITY FROM LIABILITY. (a) A professional employee of a school district is not personally liable for any act that is incident to or within the scope of the duties of the employee's position of employment and that involves the exercise of judgment or discretion on …

Sec. 22.0512. IMMUNITY FROM DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS FOR PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYEES. (a) A professional employee of a school district may not be subject to disciplinary proceedings for the employee's use of physical force against a student to the extent justified under Section 9.62, …

Sec. 22.05121. IMMUNITY FROM DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS FOR ACTIONS RELATED TO DISCIPLINE AND LAW AND ORDER. (a) In this section, "disciplinary proceeding" means: (1) an action brought by the school district employing a professional employee of a school district to discharge or sus…

Sec. 22.05125. IMMUNITY FROM DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS FOR CLASSROOM TEACHERS. (a) In this section, "disciplinary proceeding" has the meaning assigned by Section 22.0512. (b) A classroom teacher employed by a school district may not be subject to disciplinary proceedings for an al…

Sec. 22.0513. NOTICE OF CLAIM. (a) Not later than the 90th day before the date a person files a suit against a professional employee of a school district, the person must give written notice to the employee of the claim, reasonably describing the incident from which the claim aro…

Sec. 22.0514. EXHAUSTION OF REMEDIES. A person may not file suit against a professional employee of a school district unless the person has exhausted the remedies provided by the school district for resolving the complaint. Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 204, Sec. 15.01, eff.…

Sec. 22.0515. LIMITATION ON DAMAGES. The liability of a professional employee of a school district or of an individual that is entitled to any immunity and other protections afforded under the Paul D. Coverdell Teacher Protection Act of 2001 (20 U.S.C. Section 6731 et seq.), as a…

Sec. 22.0516. ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION. A court in which a judicial proceeding is being brought against a professional employee of a school district may refer the case to an alternative dispute resolution procedure as described by Chapter 154, Civil Practice and Remedies Co…

Sec. 22.0517. RECOVERY OF ATTORNEY'S FEES IN ACTION AGAINST PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYEE. In an action against a professional employee of a school district involving an act that is incidental to or within the scope of duties of the employee's position of employment and brought against t…

Sec. 22.052. ADMINISTRATION OF MEDICATION BY SCHOOL DISTRICT, OPEN-ENROLLMENT CHARTER SCHOOL, OR PRIVATE SCHOOL EMPLOYEES OR VOLUNTEER PROFESSIONALS; IMMUNITY FROM LIABILITY. (a) On the adoption of policies concerning the administration of medication to students by school distric…

Sec. 22.053. SCHOOL DISTRICT VOLUNTEERS. (a) A volunteer who is serving as a direct service volunteer of a school district is immune from civil liability to the same extent as a professional employee of a school district under Section 22.0511. (b) In this section, "volunteer" mea…

Sec. 22.054. LIABILITY OF CERTAIN INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION. (a) A private or independent institution of higher education is not liable for damages arising from an act or omission of a person associated with the institution, including an employee or student, arising in the…