19 Tex. Admin. Code § 232.35 - Submission of Required Information
(a)
Notice to school entity.
(1) Upon notice from
the Texas Education Agency (TEA) staff, a school entity shall provide, no later
than 15 calendar days from the date the school entity receives the notice, the
names, e-mail addresses, and any other requested identifying information for
all certified educators employed by the school entity at that time.
(2) All certified educators shall provide the
school entity by which they are employed an e-mail address at which the
certified educator can receive notices and authorizations required by this
subchapter. A school entity e-mail address or an Internet e-mail address is
acceptable for this purpose.
(3)
The TEA staff shall use the identifying information to return a fingerprinting
status to the school entity. The TEA will also submit the identifying
information to the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) or its vendor to
pre-enroll certified educators who must submit fingerprint, photograph, and
identification information for the purpose of a national criminal history
record information review.
(4) All
certified educators hired by a school entity shall submit fingerprint,
photograph, and identification information required by this subchapter before
the certified educator begins employment with the school entity. This
requirement will not apply if the certified educator has already submitted such
information to the DPS in the form the DPS requires for the purposes of
fingerprinting under §
230.11(b)(2) of
this title (relating to General Requirements) or Chapter 153, Subchapter DD, of
this title (relating to Criminal History Record Information
Review).
(b) Notice to
certified educator to submit required information.
(1) The TEA staff shall notify the certified
educator by e-mail, at the address specified by the school entity, that the
certified educator must submit fingerprint, photograph, and identification
information to the DPS in the form the DPS requires for the purpose of entering
the certified educator's national criminal history record information into the
Criminal History Clearinghouse.
(2)
The notice shall specify the date, which shall be at least 80 calendar days
from the date the notice is sent via e-mail, that the certified educator's
national criminal history record information must be received by the TEA staff
as required by this section and by the Texas Education Code (TEC),
§22.083.
(c)
Authorization to submit required information.
(1) Each certified educator shall pay the
required national criminal history review fee, which shall be in the same
amount as the national criminal history check fee for applicants for
certification in §
230.101 of this title (relating to
Schedule of Fees for Certification Services). This provision does not prohibit
another entity from paying the national criminal history review fee on behalf
of the educator.
(2) Only
fingerprint information that has been properly authorized by the TEA staff
shall satisfy the requirements of the TEC, §
22.0831, and shall be
accepted and entered in the Criminal History Clearinghouse.
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