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Whitehouse ISD approves resolution to pursue delay of teacher certification requirement under Tex. Educ. Code §21.0032(a)
Summary
The board approved a resolution directing the superintendent to prepare a compliance plan and to pursue application to the Texas Commissioner of Education for a delay in implementing the certification requirement of Tex. Educ. Code §21.0032(a) until no later than the start of the 2029–2030 school year.
The Whitehouse Independent School District Board of Trustees voted Jan. 12, 2026 to approve a resolution expressing the district's intent to apply to the Commissioner of Education for a delay in the applicability of Texas Education Code §21.0032(a) under §21.0032(a-1).
The resolution, adopted by motion (mover: Al Flanagan; seconder: Keidric Trimble) and recorded as passed 7–0, notes that §21.0032(a) prohibits a district from employing a person who does not hold an appropriate certificate or permit required by the State Board for Educator Certification as a teacher for a foundational curriculum course. The resolution references §21.0032(a-1), which allows a district to request approval to delay implementation until no later than the start of the 2029–2030 school year if the Commissioner approves a plan that provides a reasonable timeline and strategy for compliance.
The board directed the superintendent or the superintendent's designee to begin preparing materials for a proposed compliance plan that would accompany any application to the Commissioner. The full text of the resolution was included in the meeting record; trustees signed and attested the resolution in the minutes.
