To be eligible a student must:
(1) be seeking educator certification and agree to teach full-time
at the preschool, primary, or secondary level in a public school in Texas:
(A) in a teaching field certified by the Commissioner of Education
as experiencing a critical shortage of teachers in Texas in the year in which
the student receives the grant; or
(B) in a public school in Texas in a community certified by
the Commissioner of Education as experiencing a critical shortage of teachers:
(i) in any year in which the person receives a Teach for Texas
Conditional Grant; or
(ii) in any subsequent year in which the person fulfills the
teaching obligation;
(2) be enrolled at least three-quarter time in an approved
institution as a junior, senior, or, in the case of a person who has received
a baccalaureate degree be:
(A) a renewal recipient enrolled in post baccalaureate courses
required to complete the educator certification program; and
(B) in the first academic year in an educator certification
program;
(3) make satisfactory academic progress toward completion of
the educator certification program;
(4) be recommended by the dean of the college or school of
education at the approved institution; and
(5) not have been convicted of a felony or an offense under
Chapter 481, Health and Safety Code (Texas Controlled Substances Act), or
under the law of another jurisdiction involving a controlled substance, as
defined by Chapter 481, Health and Safety Code, unless the student has:
(A) received a certificate of discharge by the Texas Department
of Criminal Justice or a correctional facility or completed a period of probation
ordered by a court, and at least two years have elapsed from the date of the
receipt or completion; or
(B) been pardoned, had the record of the offense expunged from
the person's record, or otherwise has been released from the resulting ineligibility
to receive a grant under this subchapter.
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