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Tex. Educ. Code § 21.202 (2026)

Probationary Contract Required

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Sec. 21.202. PROBATIONARY CONTRACT REQUIRED. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), before a teacher may be employed under a term contract, the teacher must be employed under a probationary contract for the period provided by Subchapter C.

(b) A school district may employ a person as a principal or classroom teacher under a term contract if the person has experience as a public school principal or classroom teacher, respectively, regardless of whether the person is being employed by the school district for the first time or whether a probationary contract would otherwise be required under Section 21.102.

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1232, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 5 cases, 1992–2020 · leading case: Grounds v. Tolar Indep. Sch. Dist., 827 S.W.2d 10 (Tex. App. 1992).

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Grounds v. Tolar Indep. Sch. Dist., 827 S.W.2d 10 (Tex. App. 1992). “Tex.Educ.Code Ann. §§ 21.202 (Vernon 1987).”

Wilmer-Hutchins Indep. Sch. Dist. v. Bridget Brown Lionel R. Meno, Comm'r of Educ. & Cent. Educ. Agency, 912 S.W.2d 848 (Tex. App. 1995). · cites it 2× “Tex.Educ.Code Ann. §§ 21.202, 21.204 (West 1987).”

Wilmer-hutchins Ind. Sch. Dist. v. Brown, 912 S.W.2d 848 (Tex. App. 1996). · cites it 2× “Tex.Educ.Code Ann. §§ 21.202, 21.204 (West 1987).”

Hermenia Jenkins v. Crosby Indep. Sch. Dist. & Michael L. Williams in His Off. Capacity as State Comm'r of Educ. (Tex. App. 2015). · cites it 2× “10, 12, 14, 15, 16 TEX. EDUC. CODE § 21.202 ................”

Edinburg Consol. Indep. Sch. Dist. & Mike Morath, Comm'r of Educ. for the State of Texas v. Cristina L. Esparza (Tex. App. 2020). “It is also reasonable to conclude based on the nature of Esparza’s employment (a principal in charge of a school caring for teenage children), the nature of the photo (a voluntarily taken naked picture), and the group that circulated the picture (students, teachers, and the…”

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