Tex. Educ. Code § 21.0485 · Subchapter B. CERTIFICATION OF EDUCATORS
CERTIFICATION TO TEACH STUDENTS WITH VISUAL IMPAIRMENTS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) To be eligible to be issued a certificate to teach students with visual impairments, a person must:
(1) complete either:
(A) all course work required for that certification in an approved educator preparation program; or
(B) an alternative educator certification program approved for the purpose by the board;
(2) perform satisfactorily on each examination prescribed under Section 21.048 for certification to teach students with visual impairments, after completing the course work or program described by Subdivision (1); and
(3) satisfy any other requirements prescribed by the board.
(b) Subsection (a) does not apply to eligibility for a certificate to teach students with visual impairments, including eligibility for renewal of that certificate, if the application for the initial certificate was submitted on or before September 1, 2011.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 362 (S.B. 54), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2011.
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