Sec. 21.610. GRANTS TO FACILITATE PLACEMENT    


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  • (a) The agency may enter into an agreement as prescribed by Subsection (b) with a school district described by Section 21.602(2) that first employs as a full-time elementary or secondary school teacher or educational aide after certification a person participating in the program.

    (b) An agreement under this section must provide that:

    (1) the school district agrees to employ the person full-time for at least two school years at a specified salary in a district school that:

    (A) serves a concentration of children who are educationally disadvantaged; and

    (B) has an exceptional need for teachers or educational aides, as applicable; and

    (2) the state shall pay the district for that person $5,000 each year for not more than two years.

Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 808, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.