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(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
eligible prior-year service in this area can be claimed for placement
on the 1998-1999 minimum salary schedule. This also applies to out-of-state
substitute teaching experience. It does not apply to out-of-country
substitute experience.
(l) Salary schedule. The commissioner of education
shall publish annually the state minimum salary schedule.
(m) Certified teacher aides. Beginning with the 2004-2005
contractual year, a certified teacher aide who subsequently attains
initial classroom teacher certification may count up to two years
of full-time equivalency of direct student instruction for salary
increment purposes. Such experience must be verified on the teacher
service record form (FIN-115) or a similar form containing the same
information. A teacher aide who received a teaching certificate or
was placed under a permit prior to the 2004-2005 contractual year
will not qualify for the additional years of service on the minimum
salary schedule under this section.
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| Source Note: The provisions of this §153.1021 adopted to be effective February 1, 1998, 23 TexReg 545; amended to be effective April 16, 2000, 25 TexReg 3043; amended to be effective April 24, 2003, 28 TexReg 3323; amended to be effective May 5, 2005, 30 TexReg 2507; amended to be effective February 25, 2007, 32 TexReg 624; amended to be effective July 11, 2010, 35 TexReg 6071; amended to be effective April 3, 2012, 37 TexReg 2221; amended to be effective January 7, 2016, 41 TexReg 244; amended to be effective March 4, 2018, 43 TexReg 1267 |
