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Highly Qualified Teacher Requirements
for Special Education Teachers

The purpose of this web page is to provide guidance for Special Education teachers and administrators on NCLB Highly Qualified requirements and links to Agency resources.

Resources

Guidance for the Implementation of NCLB Highly Qualified Teacher Requirements
for Special Education Teachers (October 2007)

This document, developed by the TEA Division of IDEA Coordination and revised in October 2007, provides information on special education Highly Qualified requirements in a Question and Answer format. It contains all references related to requirements for special education teachers found in the original NCLB document entitled Guidance for the Implementation of NCLB Highly Qualified Teacher Requirements which was updated by NCLB on June 12, 2007.

Technical Assistance

TEA Division of NCLB Program Coordination

TEA Division of Educator Standards and Certification/SBEC

TEA Division of IDEA Coordination

Education Service Centers
Contact information for each regional education service center's Programs and Services including Professional Development, Alternative Certification, Job Vacancies by Region


Special Education Main Page

Texas Education Agency | Division of IDEA Coordination
1701 North Congress Avenue | Austin, Texas 78701-1494
Telephone: 512.463.9414 | Fax: 512.463.9560

Last Updated: January 4, 2008 | Created: July 13, 2006

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