Bill Text: TX HB5108 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Relating to a study and report by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board regarding a teacher apprenticeship program.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-24 - Referred to Public Education [HB5108 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB5108-Introduced.html
  88R13347 JRJ-D
 
  By: Harrison H.B. No. 5108
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to a study and report by the Texas Higher Education
  Coordinating Board regarding a teacher apprenticeship program.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 61, Education Code, is
  amended by adding Section 61.06692 to read as follows:
         Sec. 61.06692.  STUDY AND REPORT ON TEACHER APPRENTICESHIP
  PROGRAM. (a)  The board, with the assistance of the Texas Education
  Agency and the State Board for Educator Certification, shall
  conduct a study to determine the feasibility of and best practices
  for allowing students to obtain certification as a classroom
  teacher under an apprenticeship program.
         (b)  The study must provide for an alternate pathway for
  teacher certification that takes less time to complete, is more
  affordable, and involves more direct experience than the standard
  pathway for teacher certification.
         (c)  In conducting the study, the board shall collaborate
  with the Texas Education Agency and the State Board for Educator
  Certification.
         (d)  Not later than December 1, 2025, the board shall submit
  to the governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house
  of representatives, the commissioner of education, and the State
  Board for Educator Certification a written report that includes the
  study's findings and any recommendations for legislative or other
  action.
         (e)  This section expires January 1, 2026.
         SECTION 2.  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.
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