Section 232.37 - Inactive Status(a) If the Texas Education Agency (TEA) staff has not received a certified educator's national criminal history record information as required by this subchapter by the date specified in the notice described in § 232.35 of this title (relating to Submission of Required Information), the educator's certificate shall be placed on inactive status.(b) For good cause shown, the date on which a certified educator's certificate becomes inactive may be extended one time for a period not to exceed ten calendar days. Such an extension may only be granted by a person designated for this purpose by the TEA, and the decision to grant or deny a request for extension shall be within the designee's sole discretion.(c) An educator whose certificate is in inactive status is ineligible for employment in a Texas public school in a position that requires educator certification, pursuant to the Texas Education Code, § 21.003(a) and § 22.0831(d).(d) An educator's certificate shall be removed from inactive status and reactivated when the TEA staff receives a certified educator's national criminal history record information as required by this subchapter.19 Tex. Admin. Code § 232.37
The provisions of this §232.37 adopted to be effective August 12, 2012, 37 TexReg 5764