Tex. Education Code § 21.607
This is the official text of Tex. Education Code § 21.607, part of Texas’s Education Code — governs public schools and universities in Texas.
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§ 21.607. AGREEMENT.
Official statutory text
(a) A person selected to participate in the program who is planning to become certified as a teacher 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 in this state as an elementary or secondary school teacher; and
(2) accept, during the first school year that begins after the date the person becomes certified, an offer of full-time employment for at least two school years as an elementary or secondary school teacher with a school district described by Sections 21.602(2)(A) and (B)(i).
(b) A person selected to participate in the program who is planning to become certified as an educational aide 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 in this state as an educational aide; and
(2) accept, during the first school year that begins after the date the person becomes certified, an offer of full-time employment for at least two school years as an educational aide with a school district described by Sections 21.602(2)(A) and (B)(ii).
(1) obtain, within the period the agency by rule requires, certification in this state as an elementary or secondary school teacher; and
(2) accept, during the first school year that begins after the date the person becomes certified, an offer of full-time employment for at least two school years as an elementary or secondary school teacher with a school district described by Sections 21.602(2)(A) and (B)(i).
(b) A person selected to participate in the program who is planning to become certified as an educational aide 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 in this state as an educational aide; and
(2) accept, during the first school year that begins after the date the person becomes certified, an offer of full-time employment for at least two school years as an educational aide with a school district described by Sections 21.602(2)(A) and (B)(ii).
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