(a) To be eligible for disbursement of a loan repayment award, a teacher who applies for the Program prior to September 1, 2023, must:
  (1) for teachers having a probationary teaching certificate during the initial year in the Program, have received a standard teaching certificate by the beginning of the second year of employment, to qualify for a second-year award;
  (2) for the first four years of employment, submit all required end-of-year forms verifying completion of one, two, three, or four consecutive years of employment as a full-time classroom teacher in a Title I school; and
  (3) following the first four years of employment, submit all required end-of-service period forms verifying completion of five, six, seven, or eight consecutive years of employment as a full-time classroom teacher in any Texas public school.
(b) To be eligible for disbursement of a loan repayment award, a teacher who applies for the Program on or after September 1, 2023, must:
  (1) for teachers having a probationary teaching certificate during the initial year in the Program, have received a standard teaching certificate by the beginning of the second year of employment, to qualify for a second-year award;
  (2) for the first four years of employment, submit all required end-of-year forms verifying completion of one, two, three, or four consecutive years of employment as a full-time classroom teacher in a public school; and
  (3) following the first four years of employment, submit all required end-of-service period forms verifying completion of any subsequent year of employment, not to exceed eight consecutive years, as a full-time classroom teacher in any public school.

Source Note: The provisions of this §23.291 adopted to be effective August 30, 2016, 41 TexReg 6484; transferred effective December 15, 2016, as published in the Texas Register November 25, 2016, 41 TexReg 9341; amended to be effective May 16, 2024, 49 TexReg 3279