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Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
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EDUCATION CODE |
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Title 2. PUBLIC EDUCATION |
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Subtitle A. GENERAL PROVISIONS |
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Chapter 5. DEFINITIONS |
Sec. 5.001. DEFINITIONS
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In this title:
(1) "Agency" means the Texas Education Agency.
(2) "Classroom teacher" means an educator who is employed by a school district and who, not less than an average of four hours each day, teaches in an academic instructional setting or a career and technology instructional setting. The term does not include a teacher's aide or a full-time administrator.
(3) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of education.
(4) "Educationally disadvantaged" means eligible to participate in the national free or reduced-price lunch program established under 42 U.S.C. Section 1751 et seq.
(5) "Educator" means a person who is required to hold a certificate issued under Subchapter B, Chapter 21.
(6) "Open-enrollment charter school" means a school that has been granted a charter under Subchapter D, Chapter 12.
(6-a) "Private school" means a school that:
(A) offers a course of instruction for students in one or more grades from prekindergarten through grade 12; and
(B) is not operated by a governmental entity.
(7) "Regional education service centers" means a system of regional and educational services established in Chapter 8.
(8) "Residential facility" means:
(A) a facility operated by a state agency or political subdivision, including a child placement agency, that provides 24-hour custody or care of a person 22 years of age or younger, if the person resides in the facility for detention, treatment, foster care, or any noneducational purpose; and
(B) any person or entity that contracts with or is funded, licensed, certified, or regulated by a state agency or political subdivision to provide custody or care for a person under Paragraph (A).