Texas Education Code Sec. § 1001.2532 Teaching Assistant (a) A teaching assistant is a driver education instructor who is authorized to teach or provide only behind-the-wheel training. (b) To be eligible to be certified as a teaching assistant, a driver education instructor must: (1) have successfully completed: (A) six semester hours of driver and traffic safety education from an accredited college or university; or (B) a teaching assistant development course approved by the department; and (2) pass any required examination. Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1144 (H.B. 2847), Sec. 2.005, eff. September 1, 2019.