Texas § ED.12.129 - MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS FOR PRINCIPALS AND TEACHERS
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§ ED.12.129. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS FOR PRINCIPALS AND TEACHERS
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS FOR PRINCIPALS AND TEACHERS. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a person employed as a principal or a teacher by an open-enrollment charter school must hold a baccalaureate degree. (b) In an open-enrollment charter school that serves youth referred to or placed in a residential trade center by a local or state agency, a person may be employed as a teacher for a noncore vocational course without holding a baccalaureate degree if the person has: (1) demonstrated subject matter expertise related to the subject taught, such as professional work experience, formal training and education, holding a relevant active professional industry license, certification, or registration, or any combination of work experience, training and education, and industry license, certification, or registration; and (2) received at least 20 hours of classroom management training, as determined by the governing body of the open-enrollment charter school. Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1504, Sec. 18, eff. Sept. 1, 2001. Amended by: Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1140 (S.B. 2 ), Sec. 38, eff. September 1, 2013. Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 343 (H.B. 1469 ), Sec. 1, eff. June 1, 2017.
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Section ED.12.129 ("MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS FOR PRINCIPALS AND TEACHERS") is part of the The Texas Constitution, the codified statutory law of Texas. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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