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TITLE 19 - EDUCATION
PART 7 - STATE BOARD FOR EDUCATOR CERTIFICATION
CHAPTER 231 - REQUIREMENTS FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL PERSONNEL ASSIGNMENTS
SUBCHAPTER B - PREKINDERGARTEN-GRADE 6 ASSIGNMENTS
SECTION/RULE §231.9 - General Education, Kindergarten
Chapter Review Date 07/29/2024

(a) All-level certification in art, health education, music, physical education, speech communication and theatre arts, or theatre may be assigned to teach in the certified area(s) in Prekindergarten-Grade 12.(b) An assignment for General Education, Kindergarten, is allowed with one of the following certificates.(1) Bilingual Generalist: Early Childhood-Grade 4.(2) Bilingual Generalist: Early Childhood-Grade 6.(3) Core Subjects: Early Childhood-Grade 6.(4) Core Subjects with Science of Teaching Reading: Early Childhood-Grade 6.(5) Early Childhood: Prekindergarten-Grade 3.(6) Early Childhood Education (Prekindergarten and Kindergarten).(7) Elementary Early Childhood Education (Prekindergarten-Grade 6).(8) English as a Second Language Generalist: Early Childhood-Grade 4.(9) English as a Second Language Generalist: Early Childhood-Grade 6.(10) Generalist: Early Childhood-Grade 4.(11) Generalist: Early Childhood-Grade 6.(12) Kindergarten.(13) Legacy Master Mathematics Teacher (Early Childhood-Grade 4) (Mathematics only).(14) Legacy Master Reading Teacher (Early Childhood-Grade 12) (Reading only).(15) Legacy Master Science Teacher (Early Childhood-Grade 4) (Science only).(16) Prekindergarten-Grade 5--General.(17) Prekindergarten-Grade 6--General.(18) Teacher of Young Children--General.

Source Note: The provisions of this §231.9 adopted to be effective August 15, 2013, 38 TexReg 5076; amended to be effective December 29, 2014, 39 TexReg 10474; amended to be effective December 27, 2020, 45 TexReg 9183; amended to be effective July 21, 2022, 47 TexReg 4319.

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