| (F) Beginning with the 2004-2005 school year and thereafter,
private schools accredited by the Texas Private School Accreditation
Commission will be listed on the Texas Education Agency website.
(9) Non-public special education contract schools.
(A) Approval from the Texas Education Agency to provide
special education services during the year service was rendered is
required. A list of approved schools is maintained by the Texas Education
Agency and posted on the Texas Education Agency website.
(B) The person must have been certified in an area
of special education.
(10) Texas Department of State Health Services (formerly
the Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation) state
hospitals and state schools.
(A) The assignment must have been in an educational
program operated in conjunction with a public school program or in
a non-educational professional capacity.
(B) Persons employed in an educational program must
have held a valid Texas teaching certificate and must have been paid
at least the state minimum salary of a teacher in a Texas public school.
(11) Texas veteran's vocational school.
(A) The assignment must have been as an instructor
or coordinator.
(B) Service during the period of July 1, 1946, through
June 30, 1955, must have been at a school under the jurisdiction of
the Texas Education Agency (this service can be verified by the agency).
(C) Service after June 30, 1955, must have been at
a veteran's vocational school operated by a Texas county board of
school trustees under the jurisdiction of the Veterans Administration.
(12) Public or private colleges and universities, and
private elementary and secondary schools in all other states in the
United States or within the boundaries of any of its territorial possessions.
(A) Employment must have been, and in the case of colleges
and universities, must be verified in the same manner as for Texas
colleges or universities.
(B) Accreditation by a recognized state or regional
accrediting agency listed in subsection (a)(15) of this section is
required. In states or territories that have no provisions for accrediting,
licensing, or approving private elementary or secondary schools, service
shall be acceptable provided the person held, while employed, a valid
teaching certificate from the state in which the school is located
or a valid Texas teaching certificate.
(C) It is the responsibility of the employing school
district or charter school to have evidence on file of the accreditation
status of private schools in other states.
(D) Hospital nursing experience shall be acceptable
provided the person held a registered nurse position with a recognized
accredited university-operated hospital listed in this subsection.
All eligible prior-year service in this area can be claimed for placement
beginning on the 2000-2001 minimum salary schedule.
(13) Foreign public or private elementary and secondary
schools, colleges, and universities.
(A) Employment in colleges or universities must be
verified in the same manner as for Texas colleges or universities.
(B) For foreign public schools, colleges, and universities,
accreditation by a recognized agency of the foreign country or by
a recognized accrediting agency in the United States is required.
(C) For foreign private schools, colleges, and universities,
accreditation must be by a recognized regional accrediting agency
listed in subsection (a)(15) of this section.
(D) The accreditation status must be verified in the
same manner as for public or private schools in the United States.
(14) United States Department of the Interior--Bureau
of Indian Affairs. Service must have been full-time.
(15) United States service academies.
(A) Employment must have been at a faculty status level
and must be verified in the same manner as other college or university
service.
(B) The service academies are as follows:
(i) Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colorado;
(ii) Coast Guard Academy, New London, Connecticut;
(iii) Military Academy, West Point, New York;
(iv) Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland; and
(v) Merchant Marine Academy, Kings Point, New York.
(16) United States military service. Service with the
military forces of the United States of America may be counted for
salary increment purposes if the following conditions are met.
(A) The person was a professional employee of any entity
recognized for creditable service for salary increment purposes within
twelve months prior to entry into active duty.
(B) Form DD-214 or other official discharge papers
must be filed with the teacher service record showing:
(i) that military service was in the capacity of an
enlisted man or woman or commissioned officer;
(ii) that release or separation from active duty was
under honorable conditions; and
(iii) dates of entry and release from active duty.
(C) The person claiming military service was on active
duty during the periods September 1, 1940, through August 31, 1947,
or September 1, 1950, through August 31, 1954, or for other periods
if:
(i) the military service was a result of involuntary
induction into active duty; or
(ii) the military service was a result of voluntary
entry into active duty for the first time for the individual, and
such initial period of voluntary military service claimed as years
of service for teacher salary increments does not exceed four years.
(D) Beginning with the 1983-1984 school year, for purposes
of determining the total years of military experience creditable for
increment purposes, a year shall be considered to begin on July 1
and end June 30. During this period, four and one-half months of service
must be acquired for an individual to be entitled to one year of experience.
Only one year of experience may be earned during any 12-month period.
Prior to the 1983-1984 school year, credit for military service was
calculated based on the 12-month period from September 1-August 31.
Credit granted on that basis shall continue to be effective.
(E) The requirement in subparagraph (A) of this paragraph
must be met before any credit is given.
(17) Job Corps. The person must have held a valid teaching
certificate or appropriate license that would qualify for service
credit during the period of employment.
(18) Peace Corps.
(A) Employment must have been with a school system
(Grades K-12) in a foreign country.
(B) The person must have held a valid teaching certificate
or appropriate license that would qualify for service credit from
any state in the United States during the period of employment.
(C) Peace Corps nursing experience shall be acceptable
and recognized in the same manner as teaching experience in the Peace
Corps, provided the nursing service in the Peace Corps was as a registered
nurse. Requirements listed in this subsection and subsection (a)(17)
of this section must also be met. All eligible prior-year service
in this area can be claimed for placement beginning on the 2000-2001
minimum salary schedule.
(i) Credit for career and technology teachers. In accordance
with TEC, §21.403, effective with the 1982-1983 school year,
certified career and technology education teachers employed for at
least 50% of the time in an approved career and technology position
may count up to two years of work experience for salary increment
purposes if the work experience was required for career and technology
certification.
(1) For purposes of this section, an emergency teaching
permit shall be the equivalent of a teaching certificate.
(2) Once credit for work experience has been granted,
the credit shall be continued regardless of the position held. For
personnel granted credit under this section whose employment is split
between career and technology and non-career and technology positions,
the years granted shall apply to both the career and technology and
the non-career and technology positions.
(j) Adult basic education program credit. A person
teaching adult basic education is eligible for creditable service
if the program was operated by a public school and the person held
a valid teaching certificate.
(k) Substitute teachers. Beginning with the 1998-1999
school year, a certified substitute teacher, as defined in subsection
(a) of this section, employed in an entity recognized for years of
service as prescribed by subsection (g) of this section is eligible
for creditable service, provided that the educator held a valid Texas
teaching certificate or a valid teaching certificate from the state
where the school is located at the time the service was earned. All
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