19 TAC §230.436
The State Board for Educator Certification (Board or SBEC)
adopts on an emergency basis amended §230.436, relating to the schedule
of fess for certification services. The amendment would add new paragraph
(10) relating to the fee for national criminal history background checks for
all first time applicants. The amendment is also being simultaneously proposed
for permanent adoption in this issue of the
Texas
Register
.
Under the emergency rule new applicants who apply for credentials will
be subject to a national criminal history background check which will require
a fee of $45.
The rule is adopted on an emergency basis under Section 21.031(a),
Education Code, which authorizes SBEC to regulate and to oversee all aspects
of the certification of public school educators; Section 21.041(c), which
authorizes SBEC to adopt a fee for the issuance and maintenance of an educator
credential that is adequate to cover the cost of administration; and Section
2001.034, Government Code, which authorizes SBEC to adopt a rule on an emergency
basis. Education Code §22.082 allows SBEC access to Criminal History
Records by State Board for Educator Certification. The State Board for Educator
Certification shall obtain from any law enforcement or criminal justice agency
all criminal history record information that relates to an applicant for or
holder of a certificate issued under Subchapter B, Chapter 21. Added by Acts
1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, §1, eff. May 30, 1995.
There are no other codes or rules affected.
§230.436.Schedule of Fees for Certification Services.
An applicant for a certificate or a school district requesting a permit
shall pay the applicable fee from the following list.
(1)
Standard Educational Aide certificate -- $30.
(2)
Standard certificate, additional specialization, teaching
field, or endorsement/delivery system, based on recommendation by an approved
teacher preparation entity or State Board for Educator Certification authorization;
or extension or conversion of certificate -- $75.
(3)
Probationary certificate based on recommendation by an
approved teacher preparation entity or Texas public school district -- $50.
(4)
Duplicate of certificate or change of name on certificate
-- $45.
(5)
Addition of certification based on completion of appropriate
examination -- $75.
(6)
Review of a credential issued by a jurisdiction other than
Texas (nonrefundable) -- $175.
(7)
Temporary credential based on a credential issued by a
jurisdiction other than Texas -- $50.
(8)
Initial permit, reassignment on permit with a change in
assignment or school district, renewal is for nonconsecutive years, or renewal
of permit on a hardship basis (nonrefundable) -- $55.
(9)
Renewal in the school district of a permit at the same
target certificate level and initial activation, or renewal in the same school
district of a temporary classroom assignment permit -- no fee.
(10)
National criminal history
check for all first-time applicants for credentials -- $45.
This agency hereby certifies that the emergency adoption
has been reviewed by legal counsel and found to be within the agency's legal
authority to adopt.
Filed with the Office of
the Secretary of State on August 25, 2003.
TRD-200305503
Ron Kettler Ph.D.
Acting on behalf of the State Board for Educator Certification
State Board for Educator Certification
Effective Date: September 1, 2003
Expiration Date: December 30, 2003
For further information, please call: (512) 238-3280