{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-22.0831","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Education Code § 22.0831","heading":"NATIONAL CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD INFORMATION REVIEW OF CERTIFIED EDUCATORS.","body":"(a) In this section, \"board\" means the State Board for Educator Certification.\n(b) This section applies to a person who is an applicant for or holder of a certificate under Subchapter B, Chapter 21, and who is employed by or is an applicant for employment by a school district, open-enrollment charter school, or shared services arrangement.\n(c) The board shall review the national criminal history record information of a person who has not previously submitted fingerprints to the department or been subject to a national criminal history record information review.\n(d) The board shall place an educator's certificate on inactive status for failure to comply with a deadline for submitting information required under this section.\n(e) The board may allow a person who is applying for a certificate under Subchapter B, Chapter 21, and who currently resides in another state to submit the person's fingerprints and other required information in a manner that does not impose an undue hardship on the person.\n(f) The board may propose rules to implement this section, including rules establishing:\n(1) deadlines for a person to submit fingerprints and photographs in compliance with this section; and\n(2) sanctions for a person's failure to comply with the requirements of this section, including suspension or revocation of a certificate or refusal to issue a certificate.\n(g) Expired.\nAdded by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1372 (S.B. 9), Sec. 9, eff. June 15, 2007.","path":["EDUCATION CODE","TITLE 2. PUBLIC EDUCATION","SUBTITLE D. EDUCATORS AND SCHOOL DISTRICT EMPLOYEES AND VOLUNTEERS","CHAPTER 22. SCHOOL DISTRICT EMPLOYEES AND VOLUNTEERS","SUBCHAPTER C. CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORDS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ED/htm/ED.22.htm#22.0831","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:05Z","sha256":"58b2c20281f3830a523a017ec4579d05b3e2388b8e5c26155ac1a94023c38339","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-22.083","next":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-22.0832"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}