SECTION 23.31. Authority and Purpose  


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  • (a) Authority. Authority for this subchapter is provided in the Chapter 56 of the Texas Education Code, Subchapter O, Teach for Texas Loan Repayment Assistance Program. These rules establish procedures to administer the subchapter as prescribed in the Texas Education Code, §56.352.

    (b) Purpose. The purpose of the Teach for Texas Loan Repayment Assistance Program is to recruit and retain classroom teachers in communities and subjects for which there is an acute shortage of teachers in Texas.

Source Note: The provisions of this §23.31 adopted to be effective June 6, 2016, 41 TexReg 4002; transferred effective December 15, 2016, as published in the Texas Register November 25, 2016, 41 TexReg 9341