(a) "Class of certificates" means a certificate with the following characteristics:
  (1) specific job duties or functions associated with the certificate;
  (2) standards established by the State Board for Educator Certification (SBEC) for the issuance of the certificate; and
  (3) comprehensive examination(s) prescribed by the SBEC, as specified in §230.21 of this title (relating to Educator Assessment).
(b) Classes of certificates include the following:
  (1) superintendent;
  (2) principal;
  (3) classroom teacher (categories of classroom teaching certificates are described in Chapter 233 of this title (relating to Categories of Classroom Teaching Certificates));
  (4) reading specialist;
  (5) legacy master teacher;
  (6) school librarian;
  (7) school counselor; and
  (8) educational diagnostician.

Source Note: The provisions of this §230.33 adopted to be effective August 12, 2012, 37 TexReg 5753; amended to be effective December 27, 2016, 41 TexReg 10309; amended to be effective May 17, 2020, 45 TexReg 3288