Tex. Gov't Code § 821.103 · Subchapter B. PENAL PROVISIONS
CANCELLATION OF TEACHER CERTIFICATE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) After receiving notice from the board of trustees of an offense under Section 821.101 and after complying with Chapter 2001 and rules adopted by the State Board for Educator Certification, the State Board for Educator Certification may cancel the teacher certificate of a person if the State Board for Educator Certification determines that the person committed the offense.
(b) The executive director of the State Board for Educator Certification may enter into an agreed sanction.
(c) A criminal prosecution of an offender under Section 821.101 is not a prerequisite to action by the State Board for Educator Certification or its executive director.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1876, ch. 453, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981. Renumbered from Vernon's Ann.Civ.St. Title 110B, Sec. 31.103 and amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 179, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1229, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.821.htm
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