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Tex. Educ. Code § 21.035 (2026)

Delegation Authority; Administration By Agency

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Sec. 21.035. DELEGATION AUTHORITY; ADMINISTRATION BY AGENCY. (a) The board is permitted to make a written delegation of authority to the commissioner or the agency to informally dispose of a contested case involving educator certification.

(b) The agency shall provide the board's administrative functions and services.

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1112, Sec. 1.01, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.

Amended by:

Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1227 (H.B. 1116), Sec. 1.04(a), eff. September 1, 2005.

Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 921 (H.B. 3167), Sec. 4.002, eff. September 1, 2007.

Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 931 (H.B. 2205), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2015.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 8 cases, 2009–2020 · leading case: Gomez v. Texas Educ. Agency, Educator Certification & Standards Div., 354 S.W.3d 905 (Tex. App. 2011).
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Gomez v. Texas Educ. Agency, Educator Certification & Standards Div., 354 S.W.3d 905 (Tex. App. 2011). “TEA staff provides administrative functions and services to the Board, see Tex. Educ.Code Ann. § 21.035 (West Supp. 2010), but the TEA did not revoke Gomez's educator certificate.”
State v. Leo J. Tran (Tex. App. 2020). “See Tex. Educ. Code § 21.035 (permitting Board to delegate authority to TEA to dispose of contested case involving educator certification and requiring TEA to provide Board’s administrative functions and services).”
Texas Educ. Agency v. T.F.G. (Tex. App. 2009). “" See Tex. Educ. Code Ann. § 21.035 (Vernon Supp.”
Gilbert Gomez v. Texas Educ. Agency, Educator Certification & Standards Div., & Robert Scott, Comm'r of Educ., in His Off. Capacity (Tex. App. 2011). “TEA staff provides administrative functions and services to the Board, see Tex. Educ. Code Ann. § 21.035 (West Supp.”
Gilbert Gomez v. Texas Educ. Agency, Educator Certification & Standards Div., & Robert Scott, Comm'r of Educ., in His Off. Capacity (Tex. App. 2011). “TEA staff provides administrative functions and services to the Board, see Tex. Educ. Code Ann. § 21.035 (West Supp.”
State v. Erasmo Montalvo (Tex. App. 2015). “The Texas Education Agency (TEA), as the administrative arm of the Board, (see Tex. Educ. Code § 21.035,3) opened a disciplinary complaint against Montalvo, and filed its Original Petition with the State Office of Administrative Hearings on August 2, 2011.”
State v. Erasmo Montalvo (Tex. App. 2015). “, Respondent EDUCATOR CERTIFICATION ORIGINAL PETITION Pursuant to TEX. EDUC. CODE §21.035, the Texas Education Agency, Educator Certification and Standards Division ("Petitioner-) on behalf of the State Board for Educator Certification ("the Board" or "SBEC-) tiles this Petition…”
Untitled Texas Attorney Gen. Opinion (Tex. Att'y Gen. 2010). “Request Letter at 1; see also TEx. EDUC. CODE ANN. § 21.035 (Vernon Supp.”
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