(a) In selecting persons to participate in the program who are planning to become certified in this state as teachers, the agency shall give preference to a person who:
- (1) has substantial, demonstrated career experience in science, mathematics, computer science, or engineering and agrees to seek employment as a teacher in one of those subjects in a public elementary or secondary school in this state; or
- (2) has substantial, demonstrated career experience in a field other than science, mathematics, computer science, or engineering that is identified by the agency as a field important for state educational objectives and agrees to seek employment as a teacher in a subject related to that field in a public elementary or secondary school in this state.
- (b) The commissioner shall determine the level of experience considered substantial for purposes of this section.
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 808, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.