Bill Text: TX HB3573 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the requirements for obtaining a health science technology education teaching certificate and to the scope of courses a person may teach holding a technology applications teaching certificate.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective immediately [HB3573 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB3573-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 3573 |
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relating to the requirements for obtaining a health science | ||
technology education teaching certificate and to the scope of | ||
courses a person may teach holding a technology applications | ||
teaching certificate. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 21.044, Education Code, as amended by | ||
Chapters 635 (S.B. 866) and 926 (S.B. 1620), Acts of the 82nd | ||
Legislature, Regular Session, 2011, is reenacted and amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 21.044. EDUCATOR PREPARATION. (a) The board shall | ||
propose rules establishing the training requirements a person must | ||
accomplish to obtain a certificate, enter an internship, or enter | ||
an induction-year program. The board shall specify the minimum | ||
academic qualifications required for a certificate. | ||
(b) Any minimum academic qualifications for a certificate | ||
specified under Subsection (a) that require a person to possess a | ||
bachelor's degree must also require that the person receive, as | ||
part of the curriculum for that degree, instruction in detection | ||
and education of students with dyslexia. This subsection does not | ||
apply to a person who obtains a certificate through an alternative | ||
certification program adopted under Section 21.049. | ||
(c) The instruction under Subsection (b) must: | ||
(1) be developed by a panel of experts in the diagnosis | ||
and treatment of dyslexia who are: | ||
(A) employed by institutions of higher | ||
education; and | ||
(B) approved by the board; and | ||
(2) include information on: | ||
(A) characteristics of dyslexia; | ||
(B) identification of dyslexia; and | ||
(C) effective, multisensory strategies for | ||
teaching students with dyslexia. | ||
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shall specify that to obtain a certificate to teach an "applied STEM | ||
course," as that term is defined by Section 28.027, at a secondary | ||
school, a person must: | ||
(1) pass the certification test administered by the | ||
recognized national or international business and industry group | ||
that created the curriculum the applied STEM course is based on; and | ||
(2) have at a minimum: | ||
(A) an associate degree from an accredited | ||
institution of higher education; and | ||
(B) three years of work experience in an | ||
occupation for which the applied STEM course is intended to prepare | ||
the student. | ||
(e) In proposing rules under this section for a person to | ||
obtain a certificate to teach a health science technology education | ||
course, the board shall specify that a person must have: | ||
(1) an associate degree or more advanced degree from | ||
an accredited institution of higher education; | ||
(2) current licensure, certification, or registration | ||
as a health professions practitioner issued by a nationally | ||
recognized accrediting agency for health professionals; and | ||
(3) at least two years of wage earning experience | ||
utilizing the licensure requirement. | ||
(f) The board may not propose rules for a certificate to | ||
teach a health science technology education course that specify | ||
that a person must have a bachelor's degree or that establish any | ||
other credential or teaching experience requirements that exceed | ||
the requirements under Subsection (e). | ||
SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 21, Education Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 21.0486 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 21.0486. TECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS CERTIFICATION. A | ||
person who holds a technology applications certificate issued under | ||
this subchapter may, in addition to teaching technology | ||
applications courses as authorized under the certificate, teach | ||
courses in: | ||
(1) principles of arts, audio/video technology, and | ||
communications; and | ||
(2) principles of information technology. | ||
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, 2013. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 3573 was passed by the House on May 8, | ||
2013, by the following vote: Yeas 147, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 3573 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
22, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |