Adopted State Board for Educator Certification Rules - Not Yet Effective

The State Board for Educator Certification (SBEC) has adopted the following rule actions, and the State Board of Education (SBOE) has reviewed them as required by statute. The agency has filed these rule actions with the Texas Register, and they have effective dates in the future. Rule actions will remain on this page until their effective dates.

The following links present the preamble filed with the Texas Register in PDF format. The preamble includes information describing the adopted rule action as well as the rule text. The PDF contains a bookmark that will allow you to navigate directly to the beginning of the rule text using the bookmarks feature of your PDF reader.

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If there are changes to rule text since it was published as proposed, the changes are shown in a separate document. 

The SBEC agenda provides detailed information on these rules. In addition, the SBOE agenda shows the rule item as it was presented to the SBOE. The items below indicate when the item was presented to the SBEC and SBOE.

Adopted Revisions to 19 TAC Chapter 231, Requirements for Public School Personnel Assignments, Subchapter F, Special Education-Related Services Personnel Assignments
Summary: The adopted revisions provide requirements for school districts to make personnel assignment decisions based on the correlating certification and demonstration of content proficiency requirements. The adopted revisions also expand the list of certificates appropriate for personnel serving in special education-related assignments and include a section dedicated to requirements for an assignment of Teachers of Students who are Deafblind. Changes to Figure: 19 TAC §231.701(d) were made since published as proposed. Public comments were received on the proposal.
SBEC Adoption Date: February 14, 2025
SBOE Review Date: April 8-11, 2025
Effective Date: May 18, 2025

Adopted Revisions to 19 TAC Chapter 235, Classroom Teacher Certification Standards, Subchapter A, General Provisions, Subchapter B, Elementary School Certificate Standards, Subchapter C, Middle School Certificate Standards, and Subchapter D, Secondary School Certificate Standards
Summary: The revisions repeal the current grade-banded classroom teacher pedagogy standards and replace them with the new Classroom Teacher Pedagogy standards. The revisions were adopted with changes since published as proposed. Public comments were received on the proposal.
SBEC Adoption Date: February 14, 2025
SBOE Review Date: April 8-11, 2025
Effective Date: May 18, 2025

Adopted Amendments to 19 TAC Chapter 249, Disciplinary Proceedings, Sanctions, and Contested Cases
Summary: The adopted amendments reflect the results of prior discussions on Chapter 249 by the SBEC, as well as multiple stakeholder engagement sessions, by amending the contract abandonment mitigating factors; amending the definition of solicitation to add grooming behaviors; updating the SBEC’s mandatory minimum sanctions; updating the SBEC’s mailing procedures to allow original petitions and default petitions to be sent via electronic mail; clarifying that all notices sent to comply with Texas Government Code, §2001.054, will be sent via certified or registered mail, removing the requirement that exceptions must be filed or an issue is waived; clarifying the erroneously issued certificate section to explicitly state that the cancellation of a certificate issued as the result of a Texas Education Agency (TEA) information technology (IT) error will not result in a contested case; and amending the SBEC’s definition of abuse to mirror the definition of abuse found in Texas Family Code, Chapter 261, as well as additional technical edits. The amendments were adopted with changes since published as proposed. Public comments were received on the proposal.
SBEC Adoption Date: February 14, 2025
SBOE Review Date: April 8-11, 2025
Effective Date: May 18, 2025