Perhaps some read your bold text this way and are led to believe that the DPS is being just a tad arbitrary:Charles L. Cotton wrote:DPS is not ignoring the law, nor are they being arbitrary about instructor recertification.37 TAC §6.72 wrote:To qualify for certification as a handgun instructor, an instructor applicant must apply for and successfully complete the instructor training course offered by the department. As part of the initial training course, and each alternate renewal training course, the instructor applicant must demonstrate handgun proficiency, and initially and at every renewal, must pass a written test covering the required subjects.
An instructor is required to qualify during the initial training and alternate renewals thereafter. For many instructors, this is their first renewal so they may feel that qualification should not be necessary this time around.
The statue is clear as well that the demonstration must be "part of... each alternate renewal training course..." No mention of instructors qualifying other instructors outside of the actual "renewal training course".
I understand the expediency of a slightly different interpretation by DPS on the meaning of "alternate renewals", and am wholly in favor of instructor-on-instructor qualifications, but I also understand those that see a bit of arbitrariness.