Tex. Educ. Code § 21.0033 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
TEACHER CERTIFICATION INCENTIVE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
For expiration of this section, see Subsection (b).
(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 2022-2023 or 2023-2024 school year as a first-year teacher;
(2) was uncertified on January 1, 2025;
(3) earned a standard certificate under Subchapter B by the end of the 2026-2027 school year; and
(4) was continuously employed by the district since the school year described by Subdivision (1).
(b) This section expires September 1, 2028.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1065 (H.B. 2), Sec. 2.04, eff. June 20, 2025.
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.21.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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