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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.—Fort Worth 1992).
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Grounds v. Tolar Indep. Sch. Dist., 827 S.W.2d 10 (Tex. App.—Fort Worth 1992). “Tex.Educ.Code Ann. §§ 21.202 (Vernon 1987).”
Wilmer-Hutchins Indep. Sch. Dist. v. Bridget Brown Lionel R. Meno, 912 S.W.2d 848 (Tex. App.—Austin 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.—Austin 1996). · cites it 2× “Tex.Educ.Code Ann. §§ 21.202, 21.204 (West 1987).”
Hermenia Jenkins v. Crosby Indep. Sch. Dist. & Michael L. Williams, No. 03-15-00313-CV (Tex. App.—Austin July 10, 2015). · cites it 2× “10, 12, 14, 15, 16 TEX. EDUC. CODE § 21.202 ................”
Edinburg Consol. Indep. Sch. Dist. & Mike Morath v. Cristina L. Esparza, 603 S.W.3d 468 (Tex. App.—Corpus Christi–Edinburg 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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