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TDLR staff outline block-based ‘stackable’ curriculum option that could accelerate licensure; educators flag financial-aid, reciprocity and quality concerns
Summary
TDLR staff presented a modular, block-based option for dividing barbering and cosmetology curriculum into stackable blocks that could be credited toward related licenses; the concept aims to let students earn incremental credentials and enter the workforce sooner.
TDLR staff introduced a block-based "stackable hours" proposal at the Nov. 5 advisory summit that would let students carry coursework from specialty licenses into combination or full operator/class A barber curricula. The concept was presented as a policy option for discussion, not a finalized rule.
Derek Burkhalter, assistant general counsel, described a visual chart mapping statutory service items to license types and then grouping those services into modular "blocks." Under the illustrative model he presented, the blocks and sample hour allocations were: hair care (250 hours), skin care (200), nails (200), hair weaving (100), eyelash extensions (100), unguarded shaving (100) and a 150-hour "fundamentals" block covering law, health and safety and professional practice. Using those numbers, a full class A barber or cosmetology operator would still total roughly 1,000 hours, but many specialty or combination pathways could be shorter…
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