Tex. Educ. Code § 21.252 · Subchapter F. HEARINGS BEFORE HEARING EXAMINERS
CERTIFICATION OF HEARING EXAMINERS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(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 examiners eligible to conduct hearings under this subchapter. A hearing examiner certified under this subchapter must be licensed to practice law in this state.
(b) The commissioner shall certify hearing examiners according to the criteria established under Subsection (a). A person certified as a hearing examiner or the law firm with which the person is associated may not serve as an agent or representative of:
(1) a school district;
(2) a teacher in any dispute with a school district; or
(3) an organization of school employees, school administrators, or school boards.
(c) The commissioner shall set hourly rates of compensation for a hearing examiner and shall set a maximum amount of compensation a hearing examiner may receive for a hearing.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.
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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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