CHAPTER 5. DEFINITIONS - Texas Statutes

EDUCATION CODE

TITLE 2. PUBLIC EDUCATION

SUBTITLE A. GENERAL PROVISIONS

CHAPTER 5. DEFINITIONS

Sec. 5.001. DEFINITIONS. In this title:

(1) "Agency" means the Texas Education Agency.

(2) "Classroom teacher" means an educator who is employed by a

school district and who, not less than an average of four hours

each day, teaches in an academic instructional setting or a

career and technology instructional setting. The term does not

include a teacher's aide or a full-time administrator.

(3) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of education.

(4) "Educationally disadvantaged" means eligible to participate

in the national free or reduced-price lunch program established

under 42 U.S.C. Section 1751 et seq.

(5) "Educator" means a person who is required to hold a

certificate issued under Subchapter B, Chapter 21.

(6) "Open-enrollment charter school" means a school that has

been granted a charter under Subchapter D, Chapter 12.

(6-a) "Private school" means a school that:

(A) offers a course of instruction for students in one or more

grades from prekindergarten through grade 12; and

(B) is not operated by a governmental entity.

(7) "Regional education service centers" means a system of

regional and educational services established in Chapter 8.

(8) "Residential facility" means:

(A) a facility operated by a state agency or political

subdivision, including a child placement agency, that provides

24-hour custody or care of a person 22 years of age or younger,

if the person resides in the facility for detention, treatment,

foster care, or any noneducational purpose; and

(B) any person or entity that contracts with or is funded,

licensed, certified, or regulated by a state agency or political

subdivision to provide custody or care for a person under

Paragraph (A).

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30,

1995. Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 396, Sec. 2.03, eff.

Sept. 1, 1999.

Amended by:

Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch.

1371, Sec. 1, eff. June 15, 2007.