Bill Text: TX HB2074 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the establishment of a local optional teacher designation system grant program by the Texas Education Agency.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-08 - Referred to Public Education [HB2074 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB2074-Introduced.html
By: Jetton | H.B. No. 2074 |
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relating to the establishment of a local optional teacher | ||
designation system grant program by the Texas Education Agency. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter H, Chapter 21, Education Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 21.3522 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 21.3522. LOCAL OPTIONAL TEACHER DESIGNATION SYSTEM | ||
GRANT PROGRAM. (a) From funds appropriated or otherwise available | ||
for the purpose, the agency shall establish and administer a | ||
program to provide grants to eligible school districts or | ||
open-enrollment charter schools to implement a local optional | ||
teacher designation system under Section 21.3521. | ||
(b) The commissioner by rule shall establish eligibility | ||
criteria to receive a grant under this section. | ||
(c) The agency may solicit and accept gifts, grants, and | ||
donations from any public or private source for the purpose of this | ||
section. | ||
(d) The commissioner shall adopt rules to establish and | ||
administer the grant program under this section. | ||
SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date | ||
of this Act, the Texas Education Agency shall establish the local | ||
optional teacher designation system grant program under Section | ||
21.3522, Education Code, as added by this Act. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |