Tex. Educ. Code § 12.129 · Subchapter D. OPEN-ENROLLMENT CHARTER SCHOOL
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS FOR PRINCIPALS AND TEACHERS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a person employed as a principal or a teacher by an open-enrollment charter school must hold a baccalaureate degree.
(b) In an open-enrollment charter school that serves youth referred to or placed in a residential trade center by a local or state agency, a person may be employed as a teacher for a noncore vocational course without holding a baccalaureate degree if the person has:
(1) demonstrated subject matter expertise related to the subject taught, such as professional work experience, formal training and education, holding a relevant active professional industry license, certification, or registration, or any combination of work experience, training and education, and industry license, certification, or registration; and
(2) received at least 20 hours of classroom management training, as determined by the governing body of the open-enrollment charter school.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1504, Sec. 18, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
Amended by:
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1140 (S.B. 2), Sec. 38, eff. September 1, 2013.
Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 343 (H.B. 1469), Sec. 1, eff. June 1, 2017.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ED/htm/ED.12.htm
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