(a) To qualify, an applicant for an instructor proficiency certificate must meet all proficiency requirements, and must have:
  (1) substantial experience in teaching or in the special field or subject area to be taught, to include:
    (A) two years' experience as a peace officer, telecommunicator, or jailer;
    (B) a bachelor's degree and two years of teaching experience; or
    (C) a graduate degree;
  (2) successfully completed an instructor training course or its equivalent, as determined by the executive director; and
  (3) submitted a completed application, in the format currently prescribed by the commission, and any required fee.
(b) The commission may require documentation of any instructor training or experience by certificates, diplomas, transcripts, letters of verification, or other supporting documents to be submitted upon commission request.
(c) The effective date of this section is March 1, 2001.

Source Note: The provisions of this §221.27 adopted to be effective March 1, 2001, 26 TexReg 236