Student Handbook - Late Hires
TAC §228.2.13 A late hire is defined by the Texas Education Agency as “An individual who has not been accepted into an educator preparation program before June 15 and who is hired for a teaching assignment by a school after June 15 or after the school's academic year has begun.”
TAC §228.35: “A late hire for a teaching position shall complete 30 clock-hours of field-based experience as well as 80 clock-hours of initial training within 90 school days of assignment. Up to 15 clock-hours of field-based experience may be provided by use of electronic transmission, or other video or technology based method.”
TAC§228.35 (2) For initial certification, each educator preparation program shall also provide one of the following:
(A) student teaching, as defined in §228.2 of this title, for a minimum of 12 weeks;
(B) clinical teaching, as defined in §228.2 of this title, for a minimum of 12 weeks; or
(C) internship, as defined in §228.2 of this title, for a minimum of one academic year (or 180 school days) for the assignment that matches the certification field for which the individual is accepted into the educator preparation program. The individual would hold a probationary certificate and be classified as a "teacher" as reported on the campus Public Education Information Management System (PEIMS) data. An educator preparation program may permit an internship of up to 30 school days less than the minimum if due to maternity leave, military leave, illness, or late hire date.
You can learn more about late hires through the Texas Education Agency at https://tea.texas.gov/