Sec. 12.129.  MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS FOR PRINCIPALS AND TEACHERS.  (a)  Except as provided by Subsection (b), a person employed as a principal or a teacher by an open-enrollment charter school must hold a baccalaureate degree.
(b)  In an open-enrollment charter school that serves youth referred to or placed in a residential trade center by a local or state agency, a person may be employed as a teacher for a noncore vocational course without holding a baccalaureate degree if the person has: 
(1)  demonstrated subject matter expertise related to the subject taught, such as professional work experience, formal training and education, holding a relevant active professional industry license, certification, or registration, or any combination of work experience, training and education, and industry license, certification, or registration; and
(2)  received at least 20 hours of classroom management training, as determined by the governing body of the open-enrollment charter school. 
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1504, Sec. 18, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
Amended by: 
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1140 (S.B. 2), Sec. 38, eff. September 1, 2013.
Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 343 (H.B. 1469), Sec. 1, eff. June 1, 2017.