Section 23.32 - [Effective until 11/14/2024] DefinitionsThe following words and terms, when used in this subchapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
(1) Board--The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.(2) Certified Educator--A person who has completed all requirements for a standard teaching certificate in the State of Texas. A person holding a probationary certificate, temporary classroom assignment permit, emergency permit, or a nonrenewable permit is not considered a certified educator. The term does not include a teacher's aide or a full-time administrator.(3) Default--For purposes of this subchapter, a loan is considered in default if it is reduced to judgment.(4) Service Period--A period of service of at least 9 months of a 12-month academic year.(5) Shortage Communities--Texas public schools identified annually by the Texas Commissioner of Education, or his/her designee, whose percentage of economically disadvantaged students is higher than the statewide average percentage of students receiving free or reduced cost lunches.(6) Shortage Teaching Fields--Subjects identified annually by the Texas Commissioner of Education, or his/her designee, as having a critical shortage of teachers.(7) Teaching full-time--Teaching at least four hours each day performing instructional duties as a full-time employee of a Texas public school district.19 Tex. Admin. Code § 23.32
Adopted by Texas Register, Volume 41, Number 23, June 3, 2016, TexReg 4002, eff. 6/6/2016; transferred from 21.172 Texas Register, Volume 41, Number 48, November 25, 2016, TexReg 9341, eff. 12/15/2016