Texas Education Code

§ 21.0489 — EARLY CHILDHOOD CERTIFICATION

ED § 21.0489Title 2. PUBLIC EDUCATION · Part D. EDUCATORS AND SCHOOL DISTRICT EMPLOYEES AND VOLUNTEERS · Ch. 21. EDUCATORS · Art. B. CERTIFICATION OF EDUCATORS

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(a)To ensure that there are teachers with special training in early childhood education focusing on prekindergarten through grade three, the board shall establish an early childhood certificate.

(b)A person is not required to hold a certificate established under this section to be employed by a school district to provide instruction in prekindergarten through grade three.

(c)To be eligible for a certificate established under this section, a person must:

(1)either:

(A)satisfactorily complete the course work for that certificate in an educator preparation program, including a knowledge-based and skills-based course of instruction on early childhood education that includes:

(i)teaching methods for:

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Legislative history

Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 467 (H.B. 4170), Sec. 5.002, eff. September 1, 2019.