Texas Administrative Code
Title 19 - EDUCATION
Part 2 - TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY
Chapter 100 - CHARTERS
Subchapter AA - COMMISSIONER'S RULES CONCERNING OPEN-ENROLLMENT CHARTER SCHOOLS
Division 6 - CHARTER SCHOOL OPERATIONS
Section 100.1212 - Personnel
Current through Reg. 49, No. 38; September 20, 2024
(a) Minimum qualifications. Except as provided by subsection (b) of this section, all persons employed as a principal or teacher by an open-enrollment charter school must hold a baccalaureate degree.
(b) Exception. 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:
(c) Certification. Special education teachers, bilingual teachers, and teachers of English as a second language must be certified in the fields in which they are assigned to teach as required by state and/or federal law.
(d) Paraprofessionals. All persons employed as paraprofessionals must be certified as required to meet state and/or federal law.
(e) Criminal history. A charter school shall obtain from the Department of Public Safety (DPS), prior to the hiring of personnel and at least every third year thereafter, all criminal history record information maintained by the DPS that the charter school is authorized to obtain.