{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-51.104","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Education Code § 51.104","heading":"SERVICE REQUIRED.","body":"A faculty member is eligible by reason of service to be considered for a faculty development leave when he has served as a member of the faculty of the same institution of higher education for at least two consecutive academic years. This service may be as an instructor or as an assistant, associate, or full professor, or an equivalent rank, and must be full-time academic duty but need not include teaching.\nActs 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3072, ch. 1024, art. 1, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1971.","path":["EDUCATION CODE","TITLE 3. HIGHER EDUCATION","SUBTITLE A. HIGHER EDUCATION IN GENERAL","CHAPTER 51. PROVISIONS GENERALLY APPLICABLE TO HIGHER EDUCATION","SUBCHAPTER C. FACULTY DEVELOPMENT LEAVES OF ABSENCE"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ED/htm/ED.51.htm#51.104","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:05Z","sha256":"ff5158d6b6580ccd7c2c210893847a03b9e14fe7019af9e241b38828dd0ad98e","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-51.103","next":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-51.105"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}