| (a) Notice to school entity.
(1) Upon notice from the Texas Education Agency (TEA)
staff, a school entity shall provide, no later than 15 calendar days
from the date the school entity receives the notice, the names, e-mail
addresses, and any other requested identifying information for all
certified educators employed by the school entity at that time.
(2) All certified educators shall provide the school
entity by which they are employed an e-mail address at which the certified
educator can receive notices and authorizations required by this subchapter.
A school entity e-mail address or an Internet e-mail address is acceptable
for this purpose.
(3) The TEA staff shall use the identifying information
to return a fingerprinting status to the school entity. The TEA will
also submit the identifying information to the Texas Department of
Public Safety (DPS) or its vendor to pre-enroll certified educators
who must submit fingerprint, photograph, and identification information
for the purpose of a national criminal history record information
review.
(4) All certified educators hired by a school entity
shall submit fingerprint, photograph, and identification information
required by this subchapter before the certified educator begins employment
with the school entity. This requirement will not apply if the certified
educator has already submitted such information to the DPS in the
form the DPS requires for the purposes of fingerprinting under §230.11(b)(2)
of this title (relating to General Requirements) or Chapter 153, Subchapter
DD, of this title (relating to Criminal History Record Information
Review).
(b) Notice to certified educator to submit required
information.
(1) The TEA staff shall notify the certified educator
by e-mail, at the address specified by the school entity, that the
certified educator must submit fingerprint, photograph, and identification
information to the DPS in the form the DPS requires for the purpose
of entering the certified educator's national criminal history record
information into the Criminal History Clearinghouse.
(2) The notice shall specify the date, which shall
be at least 80 calendar days from the date the notice is sent via
e-mail, that the certified educator's national criminal history record
information must be received by the TEA staff as required by this
section and by the Texas Education Code (TEC), §22.083.
(c) Authorization to submit required information.
(1) Each certified educator shall pay the required
national criminal history review fee, which shall be in the same amount
as the national criminal history check fee for applicants for certification
in §230.101of this title (relating to Schedule of Fees for Certification
Services). This provision does not prohibit another entity from paying
the national criminal history review fee on behalf of the educator.
(2) Only fingerprint information that has been properly
authorized by the TEA staff shall satisfy the requirements of the
TEC, §22.0831, and shall be accepted and entered in the Criminal
History Clearinghouse.
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