Bill Text: TX HB135 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to field experience requirements for educator certification.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-05-12 - Placed on General State Calendar [HB135 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB135-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to field experience requirements for educator certification.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-05-12 - Placed on General State Calendar [HB135 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB135-Introduced.html
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By: Villarreal | H.B. No. 135 |
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relating to field experience requirements for educator | ||
certification. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 21.051, Education Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 21.051. RULES REGARDING FIELD EXPERIENCE AND OPTIONS | ||
FOR FIELD EXPERIENCE AND INTERNSHIPS. (a) In this section, | ||
"teacher of record" means a person employed by a school district who | ||
teaches the majority of the instructional day in an academic | ||
instructional setting and is responsible for evaluating student | ||
achievement and assigning grades. | ||
(b) Before a school district may employ a candidate for | ||
certification as a teacher of record, the candidate must complete | ||
at least 15 hours of field experience in which the candidate is | ||
physically present in a classroom instructing students at: | ||
(1) a campus assigned an acceptable performance rating | ||
in a school district assigned an accredited status as provided by | ||
Subchapter C, Chapter 39; or | ||
(2) a private school recognized for the purpose by the | ||
agency. | ||
(c) The board shall propose rules relating to the field | ||
experience required by Subsection (b). The commissioner by rule | ||
shall adopt procedures and standards for recognizing a private | ||
school under Subsection (b)(2). | ||
(d) The board shall propose rules providing flexible | ||
options for persons for any field experience or internship required | ||
for certification. | ||
SECTION 2. On or before January 1, 2012, the State Board for | ||
Educator Certification shall propose rules and the Texas Education | ||
Agency shall adopt rules relating to educator certification as | ||
prescribed by Section 21.051, Education Code, as amended 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, 2011. |