(a)(No change.)
(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; or
(B)the equivalent of paragraph (2)(A) 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
(C)beginning January 1, 2016, provide a completion
certificate from an 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, 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)(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 August 18, 2016
TRD-201604254 Kristen Worman
Deputy General Counsel
Texas Real Estate Commission
Earliest possible date of adoption: October 2, 2016
For further information, please call: (512) 936-3093
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