Tex. Education Code § 51.104
This is the official text of Tex. Education Code § 51.104, part of Texas’s Education Code — governs public schools and universities in Texas.
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§ 51.104. SERVICE REQUIRED.
Official statutory text
A faculty member is eligible by reason of service to be considered for a faculty development leave when he has served as a member of the faculty of the same institution of higher education for at least two consecutive academic years. This service may be as an instructor or as an assistant, associate, or full professor, or an equivalent rank, and must be full-time academic duty but need not include teaching.
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