SECTION 230.75. General Eligibility Requirements for Emergency Permits

An individual for whom an emergency permit is activated must meet the following criteria.

(1) The individual must hold a bachelor's degree or higher from an accredited institution of higher education.

(A) For a career and technical education assignment requiring certification based on both an associate's or more advanced degree and experience in an occupational area to be taught, such as health science technology education or health science, or a bachelor's degree or higher and experience in the occupational area to be taught such as marketing education, the individual must have completed the degree requirement and have specified work experience.

(B) For a trade and industrial education assignment, the individual must have specified work experience in lieu of a bachelor's degree.

(2) The individual must be at least 18 years of age.

(3) The individual must be able to communicate and understand the English language sufficiently to use it easily and readily in daily communication and teaching, as specified in §230.11 of this title (relating to General Requirements).

(4) The individual must be of good moral character. The State Board for Educator Certification may refuse to authorize an emergency permit for an individual, applying the same standards that would be applied to the administrative denial of an applicant for certification under §249.12 of this title (relating to Administrative Denial; Appeal).

(5) The individual must submit fingerprints in accordance with §232.35(c) of this title (relating to Submission of Required Information) and the Texas Education Code (TEC), §22.0831.

Source Note: The provisions of this §230.75 adopted to be effective August 12, 2012, 37 TexReg 5753; amended to be effective December 27, 2016, 41 TexReg 10309