Sec. 29.167. HIGH QUALITY CURRICULUM AND TEACHER REQUIREMENTS. (a) A school district shall select and implement a curriculum for a prekindergarten program that: (1) includes the prekindergarten guidelines established by the agency; (2) measures the progress of students in meeting the recommended learning outcomes; and (3) does not use national curriculum standards developed by the Common Core State Standards Initiative. (b) Each teacher for a prekindergarten program class must: (1) be certified under Subchapter B , Chapter 21 ; and (2) have one of the following additional qualifications: (A) an associate or baccalaureate degree in early childhood education or a related field; (B) a Child Development Associate (CDA) credential or another early childhood education credential approved by the agency; (C) certification offered through a training center accredited by Association Montessori Internationale or through the Montessori Accreditation Council for Teacher Education; (D) at least eight years' experience of teaching in a nationally accredited child care program or a Texas Rising Star Program; (E) be employed as a prekindergarten teacher in a school district that has received approval from the commissioner for the district's prekindergarten-specific instructional training plan that the teacher uses in the teacher's prekindergarten classroom; or (F) an equivalent qualification. (b-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (b), each teacher for a prekindergarten class provided by an entity with which a school district contracts to provide a prekindergarten program must: (1) be certified under Subchapter B , Chapter 21 , to teach prekindergarten or supervised by a person who meets the requirements under Subsection (b); (2) have one of the following qualifications: (A) at least two years' experience of teaching in a nationally accredited child care program or a Texas Rising Star Program and: (i) a Child Development Associate (CDA) credential or another early childhood education credential approved by the agency; or (ii) certification offered through a training center accredited by Association Montessori Internationale or through the Montessori Accreditation Council for Teacher Education; or (B) a qualification described by Subsection (b)(2)(A), (D), (E), or (F); and (3) when appropriate, be appropriately certified or be supervised by a person who is appropriately certified to provide effective instruction to emergent bilingual students, as defined by Section 29.052 , enrolled in the prekindergarten program. (b-2) A person who supervises a prekindergarten program provided by an entity with which a school district contracts for that purpose may supervise multiple prekindergarten classrooms to: (1) ensure programmatic compliance; and (2) support: (A) classroom instruction; (B) the developmental needs of students; and (C) continuous quality improvement, including professional development. (b-3) Subsections (b-1), (b-2), and (b-4) and this subsection expire September 1, 2029. (b-4) Subsections (b-1) and (b-2) apply to any prekindergarten class provided by an entity with which a school district contracts to provide a prekindergarten program under Section 29.153 . (c) A school district may allow a teacher employed by the district to receive the training required to be awarded a Child Development Associate (CDA) credential from a regional education service center that offers the training in accordance with Section 8.058 . Training may not include national curriculum standards developed by the Common Core State Standards Initiative. (d) A school district or an entity with which the district contracts to provide a prekindergarten program must attempt to maintain an average ratio in any prekindergarten program class of not less than one qualified teacher or teacher's aide for each 11 students.
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