Tex. Education Code § 22.0831
This is the official text of Tex. Education Code § 22.0831, part of Texas’s Education Code — governs public schools and universities in Texas.
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§ 22.0831. NATIONAL CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD INFORMATION REVIEW OF CERTIFIED EDUCATORS.
Official statutory text
(a) In this section, "board" means the State Board for Educator Certification.
(b) This section applies to a person who is an applicant for or holder of a certificate under Subchapter B, Chapter 21, and who is employed by or is an applicant for employment by a school district, open-enrollment charter school, or shared services arrangement.
(c) The board shall review the national criminal history record information of a person who has not previously submitted fingerprints to the department or been subject to a national criminal history record information review.
(d) The board shall place an educator's certificate on inactive status for failure to comply with a deadline for submitting information required under this section.
(e) The board may allow a person who is applying for a certificate under Subchapter B, Chapter 21, and who currently resides in another state to submit the person's fingerprints and other required information in a manner that does not impose an undue hardship on the person.
(f) The board may propose rules to implement this section, including rules establishing:
(1) deadlines for a person to submit fingerprints and photographs in compliance with this section; and
(2) sanctions for a person's failure to comply with the requirements of this section, including suspension or revocation of a certificate or refusal to issue a certificate.
(g) Expired.
(b) This section applies to a person who is an applicant for or holder of a certificate under Subchapter B, Chapter 21, and who is employed by or is an applicant for employment by a school district, open-enrollment charter school, or shared services arrangement.
(c) The board shall review the national criminal history record information of a person who has not previously submitted fingerprints to the department or been subject to a national criminal history record information review.
(d) The board shall place an educator's certificate on inactive status for failure to comply with a deadline for submitting information required under this section.
(e) The board may allow a person who is applying for a certificate under Subchapter B, Chapter 21, and who currently resides in another state to submit the person's fingerprints and other required information in a manner that does not impose an undue hardship on the person.
(f) The board may propose rules to implement this section, including rules establishing:
(1) deadlines for a person to submit fingerprints and photographs in compliance with this section; and
(2) sanctions for a person's failure to comply with the requirements of this section, including suspension or revocation of a certificate or refusal to issue a certificate.
(g) Expired.
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