| (3) holds with respect to that occupation a current
license, certificate, or registration, as applicable, issued by a
nationally recognized accrediting agency based on a recognized test
or measurement; and
(4) within the period described by paragraph (2) of
this subsection, has not been the subject of a complaint filed with
a licensing entity or other agency that regulates the occupation of
the person, other than a complaint that was determined baseless or
unfounded by that entity or agency.
(f) An EPP may admit an applicant who has met the minimum
academic criteria through credentials from outside the United States
that are determined to be equivalent to those required by this section
using the procedures and standards specified in Chapter 245 of this
title (relating to Certification of Educators from Other Countries).
An EPP at an entity that is accredited by an accrediting organization
recognized by the THECB may use its own foreign credential evaluation
service to meet the requirement described in §245.10(a)(2) of
this title (relating to Application Procedures), if the entity is
in good standing with its accrediting organization.
(g) An applicant is eligible to enroll in an EPP for
the purpose of completing the course of instruction, defined in §228.35(i)(2)
of this title (relating to Preparation Program Coursework and/or Training),
that is required for the issuance of an Early Childhood: Prekindergarten-Grade
3 certificate if the individual holds a valid standard, provisional,
or one-year certificate specified in §230.31 of this title (relating
to Types of Certificates) in one of the following certificate categories:
(1) Bilingual Generalist: Early Childhood-Grade 4;
(2) Bilingual Generalist: Early Childhood-Grade 6;
(3) Core Subjects: Early Childhood-Grade 6;
(4) Early Childhood Education;
(5) Elementary--General;
(6) Elementary--General (Grades 1-6);
(7) Elementary--General (Grades 1-8);
(8) Elementary Early Childhood Education (Prekindergarten-Grade
6);
(9) Elementary Self-Contained (Grades 1-8);
(10) English as a Second Language Generalist: Early
Childhood-Grade 4;
(11) English as a Second Language Generalist: Early
Childhood-Grade 6;
(12) Generalist: Early Childhood-Grade 4;
(13) Generalist: Early Childhood-Grade 6;
(14) Kindergarten;
(15) Prekindergarten-Grade 5--General;
(16) Prekindergarten-Grade 6--General; or
(17) Teacher of Young Children--General.
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| Source Note: The provisions of this §227.10 adopted to be effective July 11, 1999, 24 TexReg 5011; amended to be effective December 14, 2008, 33 TexReg 10011; amended to be effective February 28, 2016, 41 TexReg 1238; amended to be effective October 18, 2016, 41 TexReg 8198; amended to be effective June 3, 2018, 43 TexReg 3355; amended to be effective December 22, 2019, 44 TexReg 7683; amended to be effective October 15, 2020, 45 TexReg 7249 |
