Tex. Occ. Code § 1603.351 · Subchapter H. PRACTICE PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO MORE THAN ONE LICENSE TYPE
MINIMUM CURRICULUM FOR SCHOOLS; DISTANCE EDUCATION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The commission shall prescribe the minimum curriculum, including the subjects and the number of hours in each subject, taught by a licensed school.
(a-1) Notwithstanding any other law, the commission may adopt rules to:
(1) authorize a licensed school to account for any hours of instruction completed under this chapter on the basis of clock hours or credit hours; and
(2) establish standards for determining the equivalency and conversion of clock hours to credit hours and credit hours to clock hours.
(b) The commission may adopt rules allowing distance education only for the theory portion of the curriculum taught by a licensed school.
(c) Distance education does not satisfy the requirements of the practical portion of the curriculum taught by a licensed school.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 798 (S.B. 411), Sec. 1.01, eff. September 1, 2005.
Amended by:
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 62 (H.B. 2095), Sec. 23, eff. September 1, 2013.
Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 495 (H.B. 2738), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2017.
Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 967 (S.B. 2065), Sec. 10.018, eff. September 1, 2017.
Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 663 (H.B. 1560), Sec. 3.26, eff. September 1, 2021.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.1603.htm
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