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Title 2 - Public Education
Subtitle D - Educators and School District Employees and Volunteers
Chapter 21 - Educators
Subchapter A. General Provisions
Section 21.0033. Teacher Certification Incentive
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TX Educ Code § 21.0033 (2025)
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Sec. 21.0033. TEACHER CERTIFICATION INCENTIVE. (a) From money appropriated or otherwise available for the purpose, the agency shall provide to each school district a one-time payment of $1,000 for each classroom teacher employed by the district who:
(1) was hired for the 2022-2023 or 2023-2024 school year as a first-year teacher;
(2) was uncertified on January 1, 2025;
(3) earned a standard certificate under Subchapter B by the end of the 2026-2027 school year; and
(4) was continuously employed by the district since the school year described by Subdivision (1).
(b) This section expires September 1, 2028.
Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1065 (H.B. 2), Sec. 2.04, eff. June 20, 2025.
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