{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-21.202","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Education Code § 21.202","heading":"PROBATIONARY CONTRACT REQUIRED.","body":"(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), before a teacher may be employed under a term contract, the teacher must be employed under a probationary contract for the period provided by Subchapter C.\n(b) A school district may employ a person as a principal or classroom teacher under a term contract if the person has experience as a public school principal or classroom teacher, respectively, regardless of whether the person is being employed by the school district for the first time or whether a probationary contract would otherwise be required under Section 21.102.\nAdded by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1232, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.","path":["EDUCATION CODE","TITLE 2. PUBLIC EDUCATION","SUBTITLE D. EDUCATORS AND SCHOOL DISTRICT EMPLOYEES AND VOLUNTEERS","CHAPTER 21. EDUCATORS","SUBCHAPTER E. TERM CONTRACTS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ED/htm/ED.21.htm#21.202","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:05Z","sha256":"320ee3a7a2fe710da09a7876a226d41a2afad76bc7d3e2f1e1f23b80c5d0fa3c","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-21.201","next":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-21.203"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}