Tex. Education Code § 21.508
This is the official text of Tex. Education Code § 21.508, part of Texas’s Education Code — governs public schools and universities in Texas.
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§ 21.508. AGREEMENT.
Official statutory text
A person selected to participate in the program must enter into a written agreement with the agency under which the person agrees to:
(1) obtain, within the period the agency by rule requires, certification as an elementary or secondary school teacher in this state; and
(2) accept, during the first school year that begins after the date the person becomes certified, an offer of full-time employment as an elementary or secondary school teacher with a school district in this state.
(1) obtain, within the period the agency by rule requires, certification as an elementary or secondary school teacher in this state; and
(2) accept, during the first school year that begins after the date the person becomes certified, an offer of full-time employment as an elementary or secondary school teacher with a school district in this state.
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