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2025 Texas Statutes
Education Code
Title 2 - Public Education
Subtitle D - Educators and School District Employees and Volunteers
Chapter 21 - Educators
Subchapter B. Certification of Educators
Section 21.04422. Teacher Residency Preparation

Universal Citation:
TX Educ Code § 21.04422 (2025)
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Sec. 21.04422. TEACHER RESIDENCY PREPARATION. (a) The board shall propose rules under this subchapter to create a teacher residency preparation route.

(b) In proposing rules for a teacher residency preparation route under this section, the board must require that the program:

(1) use research-based best practices for recruiting and admitting candidates into the program;

(2) integrate course work, classroom practice, formal observation, and feedback;

(3) require a candidate to receive preservice practice in a prekindergarten through grade 12 classroom for at least one full school year;

(4) use multiple assessments to measure a candidate's progress; and

(5) provide training synchronously, unless the educator preparation program applies to and receives approval from the board for an exception allowing the program to provide training asynchronously.

Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1065 (H.B. 2), Sec. 2.08, eff. June 20, 2025.

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