Tex. Educ. Code § 21.049 · Subchapter B. CERTIFICATION OF EDUCATORS
ALTERNATIVE EDUCATOR PREPARATION PROGRAMS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) To provide a continuing additional source of qualified educators, the board shall propose rules providing that educator certification programs may be provided by an institution of higher education or another entity. The rules may not provide that a person may be certified under this section only if there is a demonstrated shortage of educators in a school district or subject area.
(b) The board may not require a person employed as a teacher in an alternative education program under Section 37.008 or a juvenile justice alternative education program under Section 37.011 for at least three years to complete an alternative educator preparation program adopted under this section before taking the appropriate certification examination.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 609, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
Amended by:
Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1065 (H.B. 2), Sec. 2.10, eff. June 20, 2025.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ED/htm/ED.21.htm
- Text hash
- sha256 933513998c83c08608496991f38407c0f6d85f1a8a21453d22914aa04489b7eb
- Composed by
- 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
This section cites
Provisions in this library that the text above cites, as it prints each citation. A range cited as “ss. 61.13-61.16” links its first and last provisions.
Cited by 2 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Educ. Code § 21.049. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Procedural information only. Not legal advice and not a substitute for the advice of an attorney. Confirm the current text with the official publisher before relying on it.