Tex. Educ. Code § 22.0831 · Subchapter C. CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORDS
NATIONAL CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD INFORMATION REVIEW OF CERTIFIED EDUCATORS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) In this section, "board" means the State Board for Educator Certification.
(b) This section applies to a person who is an applicant for or holder of a certificate under Subchapter B, Chapter 21, and who is employed by or is an applicant for employment by a school district, open-enrollment charter school, or shared services arrangement.
(c) The board shall review the national criminal history record information of a person who has not previously submitted fingerprints to the department or been subject to a national criminal history record information review.
(d) The board shall place an educator's certificate on inactive status for failure to comply with a deadline for submitting information required under this section.
(e) The board may allow a person who is applying for a certificate under Subchapter B, Chapter 21, and who currently resides in another state to submit the person's fingerprints and other required information in a manner that does not impose an undue hardship on the person.
(f) The board may propose rules to implement this section, including rules establishing:
(1) deadlines for a person to submit fingerprints and photographs in compliance with this section; and
(2) sanctions for a person's failure to comply with the requirements of this section, including suspension or revocation of a certificate or refusal to issue a certificate.
(g) Expired.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1372 (S.B. 9), Sec. 9, eff. June 15, 2007.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ED/htm/ED.22.htm
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Education Code
- Tex. Educ. Code § 21.0031FAILURE TO OBTAIN CERTIFICATION; CONTRACT VOID.Printed as Section 22.0831(f)(2)
- Tex. Educ. Code § 22.0832NATIONAL CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD INFORMATION REVIEW OF CERTAIN OPEN-ENROLLMENT CHARTER SCHOOL EMPLOYEES.Printed as Section 22.0831
- Tex. Educ. Code § 22.0837FEE FOR NATIONAL CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD INFORMATION.Printed as Section 22.0831
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