Texas Education Code

§ 21.610 — GRANTS TO FACILITATE PLACEMENT

ED § 21.610Title 2. PUBLIC EDUCATION · Part D. EDUCATORS AND SCHOOL DISTRICT EMPLOYEES AND VOLUNTEERS · Ch. 21. EDUCATORS · Art. M. CAREERS TO CLASSROOMS PROGRAM

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(a)The agency may enter into an agreement as prescribed by Subsection (b) with a school district described by Section 21.602(2) that first employs as a full-time elementary or secondary school teacher or educational aide after certification a person participating in the program.

(b)An agreement under this section must provide that:

(1)the school district agrees to employ the person full-time for at least two school years at a specified salary in a district school that:

(A)serves a concentration of children who are educationally disadvantaged; and

(B)has an exceptional need for teachers or educational aides, as applicable; and

(2)the state shall pay the district for that person $5,000 each year for not more than two years.

Legislative history

Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 808, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.