| (6) Beginning with the 1998-1999 school year, the 90
days required at 100% of the day may be equivalent to four and one-half
months or a full semester. The 180 days required at 50-99% of the
day may be equivalent to 90 full-time equivalent days (percent of
day employed multiplied by number of days employed).
(7) Extended day migrant program employment shall be
calculated in accordance with this section and the resulting equivalent
must meet the same minimum requirements for professionals for the
year in question.
(A) For service prior to the 1970-1971 school year,
the days employed in the migrant program shall be multiplied by a
factor of 1.37.
(B) For service during the 1970-1971 through the 1975-1976
school years, the days employed in the migrant program shall be multiplied
by a factor of 1.31.
(g) Entities recognized for years of service. Service
in any of the entities listed in this subsection shall be recognized
for professional personnel. The minimum employment requirements in
subsection (f) of this section must be met. Requirements concerning
service in each type of entity in subsection (h) of this section must
also be met. Professional service in the following entities is creditable:
(1) Texas public elementary and secondary schools,
including charter schools;
(2) State regional education service centers;
(3) State departments of education;
(4) Texas Department of Corrections--Windham Schools;
(5) Public elementary and secondary schools in all
other states in the United States or within the boundaries of any
of its territorial possessions;
(6) Overseas schools operated by the U.S. Government;
(7) Texas public or private colleges or universities;
(8) Texas private elementary and secondary schools;
(9) Texas non-public special education contract schools;
(10) Texas Department of State Health Services (formerly
the Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation)--state
hospitals and state schools;
(11) Texas veterans' vocational schools;
(12) Public or private colleges or 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;
(13) Foreign public or private colleges or universities,
or elementary and secondary schools;
(14) U.S. Department of Interior--Bureau of Indian
Affairs;
(15) U.S. service academies;
(16) U.S. military service;
(17) Job Corps; and
(18) Peace Corps (in a professional capacity only).
(h) Requirements. Requirements for entities recognized
for professional personnel are as follows:
(1) Texas public elementary and secondary schools,
including charter schools.
(A) Requirements specific to Texas public elementary
and secondary schools.
(i) All professional personnel must be certified by
the State of Texas, must hold the proper state or national licensure
as required by the position held, or must have the educational requirements
for the job assigned. Regardless of the funding source, classroom
teachers, full-time librarians, full-time counselors, and full-time
school nurses must be paid at least the minimum salary specified in
the Texas State Public Education Compensation Plan.
(ii) Professional personnel placed on developmental
leaves of absence must be paid at least one-half of their state minimum
salary by the school district to receive service credit for increment
purposes.
(iii) Instructors in Reserve Officer Training Corps
(ROTC) programs conducted by local school districts must be certified
or hold an emergency teaching permit. An emergency teaching permit
need not be renewed as long as the person continues in the ROTC assignment.
(iv) Beginning with the 2014-2015 school year, an emergency
teaching permit must be reissued annually in accordance with §230.77
of this title (relating to Specific Requirements for Initial Emergency
Permits).
(v) Beginning July 1, 2015, ROTC instructors who hold
the ROTC standard Texas classroom teaching certificate must be paid
at least according to the minimum salary schedule. Prior experience
serving as an ROTC instructor on an emergency permit shall be recognized
for salary increment purposes provided the minimum employment requirements
specified in subsection (f) of this section are met for ROTC instructors
who obtain a standard Texas classroom teaching certificate.
(B) Requirements specific to charter schools.
(i) Employment must have been in a professional capacity
as defined by subsection (a) of this section.
(ii) For salary increment purposes, educators are not
required to be certified unless they are serving in special education
or bilingual education or are required to be certified in the charter
application.
(2) State regional education service centers.
(A) Personnel employed in cooperatives for which the
education service center is acting as fiscal agency must meet the
same requirements as personnel employed in Texas public elementary
and secondary schools.
(B) All other personnel must meet the same requirements
as personnel employed in state departments of education.
(3) State departments of education. Employment must
have been in a professional capacity. For Texas department of education
employment, professional positions are defined as personnel employed
in positions starting in state pay grade classification B4/A12 and
above.
(4) Texas Department of Corrections--Windham schools.
Requirements in this subsection shall apply.
(5) Public elementary and secondary schools in all
other states of the United States or within the boundaries of any
of its territorial possessions. Employment prior to 1990-1991 must
have been on a full-time basis.
(6) Overseas schools operated by the U.S. government.
Schools operated by the United States Government for military dependents
and dependents of personnel assigned to an embassy, consulate, etc.,
are treated as public schools in other states of the U.S. and policies
pertaining to public schools in other states apply.
(7) Texas public or private colleges or universities.
(A) For private colleges and universities, accreditation
by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools is required.
(B) Officer Training Corps programs conducted by accredited
colleges or universities must have been employed full-time on a faculty
status level. Beginning in 1998-1999, service as an instructor in
an agricultural extension service operated by an accredited college
or university may be recognized for salary increment purposes as long
as the person held a valid Texas teaching certificate at the time
the service was rendered.
(C) All college or university experience must be recorded
on the teacher service record. A supporting letter or form must be
attached to the teacher service record verifying that either the full-time
or part-time employment was at faculty status or its equivalent and
that the schedule of work and the pay constituted that of other similar
faculty employees. It is the responsibility of the employing school
district to secure verification of college or university experience.
(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.
(8) Texas private elementary and secondary schools.
(A) For experience prior to the 1986-1987 school year,
accreditation by the Texas Education Agency or the Southern Association
of Colleges and Schools is required.
(B) For experience in the 1986-1987, 1987-1988, and
1988-1989 school years, service shall be acceptable if the school
was accredited by the Texas Education Agency, or a recognized regional
accrediting agency.
(C) For experience in the 1989-1990 school year and
thereafter, service shall be acceptable if the school was accredited
by the Texas Private School Accreditation Commission.
(D) During the 1986-1987, 1987-1988, and 1988-1989
school years, private schools accredited by the Texas Education Agency,
a recognized regional accrediting agency, or an association recognized
by the commissioner of education will be listed in the Texas School
Directory.
(E) Beginning with the 1989-1990 school year and thereafter,
private schools accredited by the Texas Private School Accreditation
Commission will be listed in the Texas School Directory.
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