Texas Education Code - Section 21.057. Parental Notification
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§ 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 1111(h)(6)(B)(ii), No Child Left Behind Act
of 2001 (20 U.S.C. Section 6311), and its subsequent amendments, to
provide notice to a parent or guardian regarding a teacher who is
not highly qualified, provided the school provides notice as
required by that Act.
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 680, § 1, eff. June 18, 1999.
Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1027, § 1, eff. June 20,
2003.
Section: 21.050 21.051 21.052 21.053 21.054 21.055 21.056 21.057 21.058 21.059 21.101 21.102 21.103 21.104 21.105
Last modified: August 10, 2007
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