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Texas Education Code - Chapter 21 EducatorsLegal Research Home > Texas Lawyer > Education Code > Texas Education Code - Chapter 21 Educators In this chapter, "commissioner" includes a person designated by the commissioner. Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, § 1, eff. May 30, 1995. ... (a) A school district shall employ each classroom teacher, principal, librarian, nurse, or counselor under: (1) a probationary contract, as provided by Subchapter C; (2) ... (a) A person may not be employed as a teacher, teacher intern or teacher trainee, librarian, educational aide, administrator, or counselor by a school district ... (a) An employee's probationary, continuing, or term contract under this chapter is void if the employee: (1) does not hold a certificate or permit issued ... (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 ... The commissioner may by rule establish a statewide standard to be used to certify each school district that is preparing, training, and recruiting high-quality teachers ... (a) In this section, "abuse" has the meaning assigned by Section 261.001, Family Code, and includes any sexual conduct involving an educator and a student ... (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 ... In this subchapter, "board" means the State Board for Educator Certification. Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, § 1, eff. May 30, 1995. ... (a) The State Board for Educator Certification is composed of 14 members. The commissioner of education shall appoint an employee of the agency to represent ... (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 ... The Texas Education Agency shall provide the board's administrative functions and services. Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, § 1, eff. May 30, ... 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 ... 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 ... (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 ... The board shall: (1) supervise the executive director's performance; (2) approve an operating budget for the board and make a request for appropriations; (3) appoint ... (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 ... 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 ... The agency shall provide the board with access to data obtained under the Public Education Information Management System (PEIMS). Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ... The board shall propose rules establishing the training requirements a person must accomplish to obtain a certificate, enter an internship, or enter an induction-year program. ... (a) The board shall propose rules establishing standards to govern the approval and continuing accountability of all educator preparation programs based on information that is ... (a) The qualifications for superintendent must permit a candidate for certification to substitute management training or experience for part of the educational experience. (b) The ... (a) The board may develop the process for the establishment of centers for professional development through institutions of higher education for the purpose of integrating ... (a) The board shall propose rules prescribing comprehensive examinations for each class of certificate issued by the board. (b) The board may not administer a ... (a) To ensure that there are teachers with special training to work with other teachers and with students in order to improve student reading performance, ... (a) To ensure that there are teachers with special training to work with other teachers and with students in order to improve student mathematics performance, ... (a) To ensure that there are teachers with special training to work with other teachers and with students in order to increase the use of ... (a) To ensure that there are teachers with special training to work with other teachers and with students in order to improve student science performance, ... (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 ... (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 ... The board shall propose rules providing flexible options for persons for any field experience or internship required for certification. Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ... (a) The board may issue a certificate to an educator who: (1) holds: (A) a degree issued by an institution accredited by a regional accrediting ... (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 ... (a) The board shall propose rules establishing a process for identifying continuing education courses and programs that fulfill educators' continuing education requirements. (b) Continuing education ... (a) As provided by this section, a school district may issue a school district teaching permit and employ as a teacher a person who does ... 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 ... (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 ... (a) This section applies only: (1) to conviction of a felony offense under Title 5, Penal Code, or an offense on conviction of which a ... 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 ... In this subchapter, "teacher" means a principal, supervisor, classroom teacher, counselor, or other full-time professional employee who is required to hold a certificate issued under ... (a) Except as provided by Section 21.202(b), a person who is employed as a teacher by a school district for the first time, or who ... (a) The board of trustees of a school district may terminate the employment of a teacher employed under a probationary contract at the end of ... (a) A teacher employed under a probationary contract may be discharged at any time for good cause as determined by the board of trustees, good ... (a) A teacher employed under a probationary contract for the following school year may relinquish the position and leave the employment of the district at ... (a) In lieu of discharging a teacher employed under a continuing contract, terminating a teacher employed under a term contract, or not renewing a teacher's ... In this subchapter, "teacher" has the meaning assigned by Section 21.101. Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, § 1, eff. May 30, 1995. ... A continuing contract must be in writing and must include the terms of employment prescribed by this subchapter and any other appropriate provisions consistent with ... (a) A school district that employs a teacher under a probationary contract for the third or, if permitted, fourth consecutive year of service and that ... Each teacher employed under a continuing contract is entitled to continue in the teacher's position or a position with the school district for future school ... The district may grant to a person who has served as principal or in another administrative position for which certification is required, at the completion ... (a) A teacher employed under a continuing contract may be discharged at any time for good cause as determined by the board of trustees, good ... A teacher employed under a continuing contract may be released at the end of a school year and the teacher's employment with the school district ... (a) Before a teacher employed under a continuing contract may be discharged, suspended without pay, or released because of a necessary reduction of personnel, the ... (a) If the teacher desires to protest the proposed action under Section 21.156 or 21.157, the teacher must notify the board of trustees in writing ... (a) A teacher employed under a continuing contract may relinquish the position and leave the employment of the district at the end of a school ... In this subchapter: (1) "Teacher" means a superintendent, principal, supervisor, classroom teacher, counselor, or other full-time professional employee who is required to hold a certificate ... (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), before a teacher may be employed under a term contract, the teacher must be employed under a probationary ... (a) Except as provided by Section 21.352(c), the employment policies adopted by a board of trustees must require a written evaluation of each teacher at ... (a) A term contract must be in writing and must include the terms of employment prescribed by this subchapter. (b) The board of trustees may ... Once a teacher has completed the probationary contract period, the term of a contract under this subchapter may not exceed five school years. Added by ... (a) Not later than the 45th day before the last day of instruction in a school year, the board of trustees shall notify in writing ... (a) If the teacher desires a hearing after receiving notice of the proposed nonrenewal, the teacher shall notify the board of trustees in writing not ... (a) If the teacher does not request a hearing, the board of trustees shall: (1) take the appropriate action to renew or not renew the ... A teacher who is aggrieved by a decision of a board of trustees on the nonrenewal of the teacher's term contract may appeal to the ... (a) A teacher employed under a term contract with a school district may relinquish the teaching position and leave the employment of the district at ... (a) The board of trustees may terminate a term contract and discharge a teacher at any time for: (1) good cause as determined by the ... (a) The board of trustees of a school district may choose to not renew the employment of a superintendent employed under a term contract, effective ... Except as provided by Section 21.202, this subchapter does not apply to a teacher employed under a probationary contract in accordance with Subchapter C or ... (a) This subchapter applies if a teacher requests a hearing after receiving notice of the proposed decision to: (1) terminate the teacher's continuing contract at ... (a) The State Board of Education, in consultation with the State Office of Administrative Hearings, by rule shall establish criteria for the certification of hearing ... (a) A teacher must file a written request for a hearing under this subchapter with the commissioner not later than the 15th day after the ... (a) The commissioner shall maintain a list of the names of all persons who have been certified as hearing examiners. The list shall be initially ... (a) The hearing examiner may issue subpoenas at the request of either party for the attendance of witnesses and the production of documents at the ... (a) A hearing under this subchapter must be private unless the teacher requests in writing that the hearing be public, except that a hearing examiner ... (a) Not later than the 60th day after the date on which the commissioner receives a teacher's written request for a hearing, the hearing examiner ... (a) The board of trustees or a subcommittee designated by the board shall consider the recommendation and record of the hearing examiner at the first ... (a) Not later than the 10th day after the date of the board meeting under Section 21.258, the board of trustees or board subcommittee shall ... A certified shorthand reporter shall record the oral argument under Section 21.258 and the announcement of the decision under Section 21.259. The school district shall ... (a) Not later than the 20th day after the date the board of trustees or board subcommittee announces its decision under Section 21.259 or the ... (a) If a party alleges that procedural irregularities that are not reflected in the local record occurred at the hearing before the hearing examiner, the ... (a) If the board of trustees decided not to renew a teacher's term contract, the commissioner may not substitute the commissioner's judgment for that of ... (a) The commissioner's decision must be in writing and must include findings of fact and conclusions of law. The commissioner may adopt by reference and ... (a) Not later than the 20th day after the date the party or the party's representative receives notice of the commissioner's decision under Section 21.304, ... (a) If a teacher appeals the decision of the board of trustees or board subcommittee, the school district shall bear the cost of preparing the ... The commissioner and the staff of the agency may not communicate with any party or any party's representative in connection with any issue of fact ... (a) Either party may appeal the commissioner's decision to: (1) a district court in the county in which the district's central administrative offices are located; ... (a) The commissioner shall adopt a recommended appraisal process and criteria on which to appraise the performance of teachers. The criteria must be based on ... (a) In appraising teachers, each school district shall use: (1) the appraisal process and performance criteria developed by the commissioner; or (2) an appraisal process ... A teacher who directs extracurricular activities in addition to performing classroom teaching duties shall be appraised only on the basis of classroom teaching performance and ... (a) The commissioner shall adopt a recommended appraisal process and criteria on which to appraise the performance of various classifications of school administrators. The criteria ... A document evaluating the performance of a teacher or administrator is confidential. Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, § 1, eff. May 30, ... The commissioner shall develop and periodically update a job description and an evaluation form for use by school districts in evaluating school counselors. The commissioner ... (a) The commissioner shall design an objective system to evaluate principals that: (1) is based on types of information available as of January 1, 1995, ... (a) A contract between a school district and an educator must be for a minimum of 10 months' service. (a-1) to (a-4) Expired. (b) An ... (a) Except as provided by Subsection (d), (e), or (f), a school district must pay each classroom teacher, full-time librarian, full-time counselor certified under Subchapter ... (a) A teacher, librarian, counselor, or nurse shall advance one step on the minimum salary schedule under Section 21.402 for each year of experience as ... Each classroom teacher is entitled to at least 450 minutes within each two-week period for instructional preparation, including parent-teacher conferences, evaluating students' work, and planning. ... (a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), each classroom teacher or full-time librarian is entitled to at least a 30-minute lunch period free from all ... A school district may not deny an educator a salary bonus or similar compensation given in whole or in part on the basis of educator ... (a) A school district board of trustees or school district employee may not directly or indirectly require or coerce any teacher to join any group, ... This chapter does not abridge the right of an educator to join any professional association or organization or refuse to join any professional association or ... (a) Each full-time educator employed by a school district shall be given a leave of absence for temporary disability at any time the educator's condition ... (a) The commissioner shall establish a master reading teacher grant program to encourage teachers to: (1) become certified as master reading teachers; and (2) work ... (a) The commissioner shall establish a master mathematics teacher grant program to encourage teachers to: (1) become certified as master mathematics teachers; and (2) work ... (a) The commissioner shall establish a master technology teacher grant program to encourage teachers to: (1) become certified as master technology teachers; and (2) work ... (a) The commissioner shall establish a master science teacher grant program to encourage teachers to: (1) become certified as master science teachers; and (2) work ... (a) The commissioner shall establish a reimbursement program under which the commissioner provides funds to a school district for the purpose of reimbursing classroom teachers ... (a) A school district shall provide in employment contracts that qualifying employees may receive an incentive payment under an awards program established under Subchapter N ... (a) The staff development provided by a school district must be: (1) conducted in accordance with standards developed by the district; and (2) designed to ... (a) The board of trustees of a school district may grant a developmental leave of absence for study, research, travel, or another suitable purpose to ... (a) The staff development account is an account in the general revenue fund. The account consists of gifts, grants, donations, appropriations for the purpose of ... (a) The commissioner shall develop training materials and other teacher training resources for a school district to use in assisting mathematics teachers in developing: (1) ... (a) The commissioner shall develop and make available professional development institutes for teachers who provide instruction in mathematics to students at the fifth through eighth ... (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 ... The commissioner shall develop and make available training materials and other teacher training resources to assist teachers in developing the expertise required to enable students ... (a) Each school district may assign a mentor teacher to each classroom teacher who has less than two years of teaching experience. A teacher assigned ... In this subchapter, "program" means the Texas Troops to Teachers Program. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 396, § 2.07(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1999. ... 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 ... 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, ... (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 ... (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 ... 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 ... (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 ... 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, ... The agency shall pay to each participant in the program a stipend of $5,000. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 396, § 2.07(a), eff. ... (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 ... The commissioner shall adopt rules to implement this subchapter. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 396, § 2.07(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1999. ... 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 ... 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 ... (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 ... 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 ... 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; ... 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 ... (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 ... (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 ... (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 ... (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 shall pay to each participant in the program a stipend equal to the lesser of: (1) $5,000; or (2) an amount equal to ... (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 ... (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 ... The commissioner shall adopt rules to implement this subchapter. Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 808, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001. ... In this subchapter, "program" means the awards for student achievement program. Added by Acts 2006, 79th Leg., 3rd C.S., ch. 5, § 4.08, eff. May ... (a) The commissioner by rule shall: (1) establish an awards for student achievement program under which an eligible campus may receive a grant from the ... (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a campus is eligible to apply for and may receive a program grant if the campus: (1) is ... (a) A campus-level decision-making body, such as the campus-level planning and decision-making committee established under Subchapter F, Chapter 11, for each eligible campus that intends ... (a) Each eligible campus whose campus incentive plan is approved by the agency under Section 21.654 is entitled to a grant award in an amount ... (a) An eligible campus must use 75 percent of a grant award received under Section 21.655 to provide incentive payments to classroom teachers assigned to ... (a) An eligible campus must use 25 percent of a grant award received under Section 21.655 to provide for: (1) incentive payments to campus employees ... The commissioner shall adopt rules necessary to administer this subchapter. Added by Acts 2006, 79th Leg., 3rd C.S., ch. 5, § 4.08, eff. May 26, ... In this subchapter, "program" means the educator excellence awards program. Added by Acts 2006, 79th Leg., 3rd C.S., ch. 5, § 4.08, eff. May 26, ... (a) The commissioner by rule shall establish an educator excellence awards program under which school districts, in accordance with local awards plans approved by the ... (a) Each state fiscal year, the commissioner shall deposit the sum of $1,000 multiplied by the number of classroom teachers in this state to the ... (a) A district-level committee for a school district that intends to participate in the program, such as the district-level planning and decision-making committee established under ... A school district must use at least 60 percent of grant funds awarded to the district under this subchapter to directly award classroom teachers who ... Text of section effective until June 1, 2011 (a) Using funds from the educator excellence fund created under Section 21.703, the agency shall conduct or ... The commissioner shall adopt rules necessary to administer this subchapter. Added by Acts 2006, 79th Leg., 3rd C.S., ch. 5, § 4.08, eff. May 26, ... Texas Lawyers
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