19 Tex. Admin. Code § 232.7 - Requirements for Certificate Renewal
(a) The Texas
Education Agency (TEA) staff shall develop procedures to:
(1) notify educators at least six months
prior to the expiration of the renewal period to the email address as specified
in §
230.91 of this title (relating to
Procedures in General);
(2) confirm
compliance with all renewal requirements pursuant to this subchapter;
(3) notify educators who are not renewed due
to noncompliance with this section; and
(4) verify that educators applying for
reactivation of certificate(s) under §
232.9 of this title (relating to
Inactive Status and Late Renewal) are in compliance with subsection (c) of this
section.
(b) The TEA
staff shall administratively approve each hardship exemption request that meets
the criteria specified in paragraphs (1) - (3) of this subsection for a
hardship exemption due to a catastrophic illness or military service or
paragraph (4) of this subsection for a hardship exemption requested by a local
education agency.
(1) A hardship exemption
must be due to one of the following circumstances that prevented the educator's
completion of renewal requirements:
(A)
catastrophic illness or injury of the educator;
(B) catastrophic illness or injury of an
immediate family member; or
(C)
military service of the educator.
(2) The request for a hardship exemption must
include documentation from a licensed physician or verified military
records.
(3) The request for the
amount of time allowed for renewal is equal to:
(A) the amount of time that a licensed
physician determined that the educator was not able to complete renewal
requirements due to the educator's catastrophic illness or injury; or
(B) the amount of time that a licensed
physician determined that the educator was not able to complete renewal
requirements due to the catastrophic illness or injury of an immediate family
member; or
(C) two years of
additional time for a military service member, in accordance with the Texas
Occupations Code, §
55.003.
(4) A hardship exemption may be
approved for a local education agency on behalf of an educator who has an
invalid certificate due to lack of earning the required continuing professional
education (CPE) hours as prescribed in §
232.11 of this title (relating to
Number and Content of Required Continuing Professional Education Hours). The
hardship exemption is valid for the academic year of the application and may be
renewed up to one additional academic year, provided that the superintendent or
designee of the local education agency requests the extension.
(5) If a hardship exemption request, as
described in paragraph (4) of this subsection, is approved, the educator must
pay the appropriate renewal fee, pursuant to §
230.101 of this title (relating to
Schedule of Fees for Certification Services).
(c) To be eligible for renewal, an educator
must:
(1) subject to §
232.16(c) of
this title (relating to Verification of Renewal Requirements), satisfy CPE
requirements, pursuant to §
232.11 of this title;
(2) hold a valid standard certificate that is
not currently suspended and has not been surrendered in lieu of revocation or
revoked by lawful authority;
(3)
not be a respondent in a disciplinary proceeding under Chapter 249 of this
title (relating to Disciplinary Proceedings, Sanctions, and Contested
Cases);
(4) be in compliance with
all terms of any orders of the State Board for Educator Certification resulting
from a disciplinary proceeding against the educator under Chapter 249 of this
title;
(5) successfully resolve any
reported criminal history, as defined by §
249.3 of this title (relating to
Definitions);
(6) not be in arrears
of child support, pursuant to the Texas Family Code, Chapter 232;
(7) pay the renewal fee, provided in §
230.101 of this title, which shall
be a single fee regardless of the number of certificates being renewed;
and
(8) submit fingerprints in
accordance with §
232.35(c) of
this title (relating to Submission of Required Information) and the Texas
Education Code, §
22.0831.
(d) The TEA staff shall renew the
certificate(s) of an educator who meets all requirements of this
subchapter.
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