| (a) A school that has been licensed for at least one
year and is accredited by an agency recognized by the United States
Secretary of Education is not required to submit instructor applications
to the Agency for approval. Documentation that the instructor meets
the requirements of this chapter must be kept on file at the school
and available for review immediately upon request.
(b) The school shall file an application for approval
of an instructor on forms provided by the Agency in accordance with
the following criteria and ensure that the instructor is of good reputation.
(1) The application shall be postmarked within five
calendar days of employment as an instructor subject to the conditions
outlined in this subchapter. A school may employ an instructor pending
approval by the Agency.
(2) Depending upon the qualifications indicated on
the application, the application shall include one or more of the
following:
(A) a legible copy of the postsecondary certificate
or degree, or a transcript indicating appropriate coursework completed,
as applicable;
(B) proof of a current occupational license; and
(C) proof of secondary education.
(c) A school with degree programs shall ensure that
instructors are of good reputation and meet all the qualifications
required by the Coordinating Board.
(d) The Agency may approve a variance from the specific
qualifications contained in §807.81 of this subchapter with sufficient
justification and an assurance that the program quality will not be
lessened.
(e) The Agency may consider current approvals of instructors
by other Texas state agencies responsible for approval and regulation
of the program, or any professional certifications held by the instructor
when submitted with the Agency's instructor application. The Agency
will accept notification, in lieu of a new instructor application,
for any instructor that has a current approval by the Agency to teach
the same classes at other schools that have the same owners.
(f) The Agency may require the school director of an
accredited school to file applications for instructors if there have
been two substantiated complaints regarding instructors in the previous
year, or if the school is unable to produce, when requested, documentation
that all instructors meet the requirements of this subchapter.
(g) The Agency may require a school director to submit
and receive approvals for instructor applications in advance of employing
the instructors for a period of one year if the school has had three
instructor applications finally disapproved within the previous two
years.
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| Source Note: The provisions of this §807.83 adopted to be effective August 16, 1998, 23 TexReg 8479; amended to be effective February 24, 2003, 28 TexReg 1651; amended to be effective August 28, 2006, 31 TexReg 6803; amended to be effective November 28, 2022, 47 TexReg 7914 |
