Texas Administrative Code
Title 19 - EDUCATION
Part 7 - STATE BOARD FOR EDUCATOR CERTIFICATION
Chapter 232 - GENERAL CERTIFICATION PROVISIONS
Subchapter B - NATIONAL CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD INFORMATION REVIEW OF ACTIVE CERTIFICATE HOLDERS
Section 232.37 - Inactive Status
Current through Reg. 49, No. 38; September 20, 2024
(a) If the Texas Education Agency (TEA) staff has not received a certified educator's national criminal history record information as required by this subchapter by the date specified in the notice described in § 232.35 of this title (relating to Submission of Required Information), the educator's certificate shall be placed on inactive status.
(b) For good cause shown, the date on which a certified educator's certificate becomes inactive may be extended one time for a period not to exceed ten calendar days. Such an extension may only be granted by a person designated for this purpose by the TEA, and the decision to grant or deny a request for extension shall be within the designee's sole discretion.
(c) An educator whose certificate is in inactive status is ineligible for employment in a Texas public school in a position that requires educator certification, pursuant to the Texas Education Code, § 21.003(a) and § 22.0831(d).
(d) An educator's certificate shall be removed from inactive status and reactivated when the TEA staff receives a certified educator's national criminal history record information as required by this subchapter.