{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-21.907","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Education Code § 21.907","heading":"PREPARING AND RETAINING EDUCATORS THROUGH PARTNERSHIP MENTORSHIP PROGRAM.","body":"(a) The commissioner shall establish a preparing and retaining educators through partnership mentorship program through which participating school districts or open-enrollment charter schools implement a mentoring program that meets the requirements of Section 21.458 for classroom teachers who have less than two years of teaching experience.\n(b) A school district or open-enrollment charter school participating in the program must require a classroom teacher who serves as a mentor teacher to annually complete a training program for mentor teachers established or adopted by the agency.\n(c) A school district or open-enrollment charter school shall use money received under Section 48.157(b)(5) to provide stipends for mentor teachers in an amount of at least $1,000.\n(d) If any money remains after providing a stipend to mentor teachers in accordance with Subsection (c), the district may use that money to provide:\n(1) scheduled release time for mentor teachers and classroom teachers being mentored to meet and engage in mentoring activities; and\n(2) support for mentor teachers through mentor training and strategic staffing training.\nAdded by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1065 (H.B. 2), Sec. 2.17, eff. June 20, 2025.","path":["EDUCATION CODE","TITLE 2. PUBLIC EDUCATION","SUBTITLE D. EDUCATORS AND SCHOOL DISTRICT EMPLOYEES AND VOLUNTEERS","CHAPTER 21. EDUCATORS","SUBCHAPTER R. PREPARING AND RETAINING EDUCATORS THROUGH PARTNERSHIP PROGRAMS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ED/htm/ED.21.htm#21.907","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:05Z","sha256":"aa3f46f721b0db403def023728bea7c40f1d1cb00991c0c0ee485e59aa83fd16","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-21.906","next":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-21.908"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}