{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-12.129","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Education Code § 12.129","heading":"MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS FOR PRINCIPALS AND TEACHERS.","body":"(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a person employed as a principal or a teacher by an open-enrollment charter school must hold a baccalaureate degree.\n(b) In an open-enrollment charter school that serves youth referred to or placed in a residential trade center by a local or state agency, a person may be employed as a teacher for a noncore vocational course without holding a baccalaureate degree if the person has:\n(1) demonstrated subject matter expertise related to the subject taught, such as professional work experience, formal training and education, holding a relevant active professional industry license, certification, or registration, or any combination of work experience, training and education, and industry license, certification, or registration; and\n(2) received at least 20 hours of classroom management training, as determined by the governing body of the open-enrollment charter school.\nAdded by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1504, Sec. 18, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.\nAmended by:\nActs 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1140 (S.B. 2), Sec. 38, eff. September 1, 2013.\nActs 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 343 (H.B. 1469), Sec. 1, eff. June 1, 2017.","path":["EDUCATION CODE","TITLE 2. PUBLIC EDUCATION","SUBTITLE C. LOCAL ORGANIZATION AND GOVERNANCE","CHAPTER 12. CHARTERS","SUBCHAPTER D. OPEN-ENROLLMENT CHARTER SCHOOL"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ED/htm/ED.12.htm#12.129","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:05Z","sha256":"1d9f51ab8741ee1bd2bd0d93dd4846d0ccff455cd691c8ff2dc8abdc6e2c445a","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-12.1284","next":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-12.130"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}