(a)Application for approval.
(1)A person desiring to be approved by the Commission
to teach real estate or real estate inspection qualifying courses
shall:
(A)file an application on the appropriate form approved
by the Commission; and
(B)submit the required fee required by §535.101
or §535.210 of this title.
(2)The Commission may:
(A)request additional information be provided to the
Commission relating to an application; and
(B)terminate an application without further notice
if the applicant fails to provide the additional information not later
than the 60th day after the Commission mails the request.
(b)Standards for instructor approval. To be approved
as an instructor by the Commission to teach real estate or real estate
inspection qualifying courses, the applicant must meet the following
standards:
(1)The applicant must satisfy the Commission as to:
(A)the applicant's honesty, trustworthiness, and integrity;
and
(B)the person's competency in the subject matter to
be taught and ability to teach effectively.
(2)Except as provided by paragraph (3) of this subsection,
the applicant must possess the following qualifications:
(A)a college degree in the subject area [or five
years of active experience as a license holder] and three years
of experience in teaching or training;
(B)five years of active experience
as a license holder and three years of experience in teaching or training;
or
(C)[(B)] the equivalent of paragraph
(2)(A) or (B) of this subsection as determined by the Commission
after consideration of the applicant's professional experience, research,
authorship, or other significant endeavors in real estate or real
estate inspection; and
(D)[(C)] [beginning January
1, 2016,] provide a completion certificate from an in-person
classroom adult education instructor training course of at least
8 hours that is acceptable to the Commission and dated within four
years of the date of application.
(3)To be approved as an instructor of Texas Standards
of Practice, Standards of Practice Review, Inspector Legal and
Ethics, [Texas Standards of Practice/Legal/Ethics Update,]
or as an instructor of a ride along inspection course as defined in §535.218
of this title, an applicant must have five years of active licensure
as a Texas professional inspector, and have:
(A)performed a minimum of 200 real estate inspections
as a Texas professional inspector; or
(B)three years of experience in teaching and/or sponsoring
trainees or inspectors.
(4)To be approved as an instructor of a Commission
approved adult education instructor training course, an applicant
must satisfy the Commission that the applicant:
(A)is currently approved to teach an adult education
certification course accepted by the Commission for credit under paragraph
(2)(D) of this subsection, (2)(C), such as CREI or
ITI;
(B)has a college degree in adult education from an
accredited college or university and two years of recent experience
training adult educators; or
(C)the equivalent of paragraph (4)(A) or (B) of this
subsection as determined by the Commission after consideration of
the applicant's professional experience, references, research, authorship,
or other significant endeavors in training adult educators.
(c) - (f)(No change.)
The agency certifies that legal counsel has reviewed
the proposal and found it to be within the state agency's legal authority
to adopt.
Filed with the Office
of the Secretary of State on February 15, 2017
TRD-201700648 Kerri Lewis
General Counsel
Texas Real Estate Commission
Earliest possible date of adoption: April 2, 2017
For further information, please call: (512) 936-3092
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