Texas Education Code
§ 56.357 — TEACH FOR TEXAS ALTERNATIVE CERTIFICATION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
ED § 56.357Title 3. HIGHER EDUCATION · Part A. HIGHER EDUCATION IN GENERAL · Ch. 56. STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE · Art. O. TEACH FOR TEXAS LOAN REPAYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
Statute text
View on source(a)The coordinating board shall establish a program under which the coordinating board awards grants to assist persons seeking educator certification through alternative educator certification programs as provided by this section.
(b)To be eligible for a grant under the program, a person must apply for a grant and:
(1)have received a baccalaureate degree from an eligible institution of higher education or an accredited out-of-state institution of higher education; and
(2)enroll in an alternative educator certification program described by Section 21.049 and satisfy either of the following conditions:
(A)be seeking educator certification in a teaching field certified by the commissioner of education as experiencing a critical shortage of teachers in this state in the year in which the person receives the grant and agree to teach for five years in a public school in this state in that teaching field; or
(B)agree to teach for five years in a public school in this state in a community, which is not required to be specifically designated at the time the person receives the grant, certified by the commissioner of education as experiencing a critical shortage of teachers in any year in which the person receives a grant under this section or in any subsequent year in which the person fulfills the teaching obligation.
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Legislative history
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1261, Sec. 3, eff. June 15, 2001.