- (a) When satisfactory evidence indicates that a certificate was issued in error and the person issued the certificate has not fulfilled all certification requirements, the Texas Education Agency (TEA) staff shall cancel the certificate by updating the person's virtual certificate. Before canceling the certificate, the TEA staff shall notify the person issued the certificate that the TEA intends to cancel the certificate and shall provide the person issued the certificate at least ten calendar days to respond and show cause why the certificate should not be cancelled.
- (b) The TEA staff shall notify the person and the person's employing school district, if any, that the person was issued a certificate in error, what actions the TEA staff have taken to cancel the erroneously issued certificate, and how the person can be issued a valid certificate.
- (c) The TEA staff will issue the person a valid certificate when it receives satisfactory evidence that all certification requirements have been fulfilled. The person whose erroneously issued certificate has been cancelled may request a contested case hearing before the State Office of Administrative Hearings. The person whose certificate has been cancelled shall be deemed to have had their original application for the erroneously issued certificate administratively denied.
Source Note:The provisions of this §249.13 adopted to be effective March 31, 1999, 24 TexReg 2304; amended to be effective December 16, 2007, 32 TexReg 9112.