Texas § 12.129 MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS FOR PRINCIPALS AND TEACHERS.

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§ 12.129 — MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS FOR PRINCIPALS AND TEACHERS.

Texas § 12.129

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Bluebook

Tex. Education Code Code Ann. § 12.129 (2026).

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Sec. 12.129. 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 li

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Sec. 12.129. 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.

Legislative History

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.