Texas Statutes
§ 21.507 — PREFERENCES.
Texas § 21.507
JurisdictionTexas
Code EDEducation Code
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Bluebook
Tex. Education Code Code Ann. § 21.507 (2026).
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Sec. 21.507. PREFERENCES.
(a)In selecting persons to participate in the program, the agency shall give preference to a person who:
(1)has significant educational or military experience in science, mathematics, or engineering and agrees to seek employment as a teacher in one of those subjects in a public elementary or secondary school in this state; or
(2)has significant educational or military experience in a field other than science, mathematics, or engineering identified by the agency as a field important for state educational objectives and agrees to seek employment as a teacher in a subject related to that field in a public elementary or secondary school in this state.
(b)The commissioner shall determine the level of experience considered significant for purposes of this section.
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Legislative History
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 396, Sec. 2.07(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Nearby Sections
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§ 21.001
DEFINITIONS.§ 21.002
TEACHER EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS.§ 21.003
CERTIFICATION REQUIRED.§ 21.0033
TEACHER CERTIFICATION INCENTIVE.§ 21.004
TEACHER RECRUITMENT PROGRAM.§ 21.031
PURPOSE.§ 21.032
DEFINITION.§ 21.034
TERMS; VACANCY.§ 21.036
OFFICERS.§ 21.037
COMPENSATION.§ 21.038
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