Bill Text: TX HB2424 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the creation of a micro-credential certification program for public school educator continuing education.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 2)
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-14 - Effective immediately [HB2424 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB2424-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 2424 | ||
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| relating to the creation of a micro-credential certification | ||
| program for public school educator continuing education. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 21.054, Education Code, is amended by | ||
| amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (i) to read as | ||
| follows: | ||
| (a) The board shall propose rules establishing a process for | ||
| identifying continuing education courses and programs that fulfill | ||
| educators' continuing education requirements, including | ||
| opportunities for educators to receive micro-credentials in fields | ||
| of study related to the educator's certification class as provided | ||
| by Subsection (i). | ||
| (i) The board shall propose rules establishing a program to | ||
| issue micro-credentials in fields of study related to an educator's | ||
| certification class. The agency shall approve continuing education | ||
| providers to offer micro-credential courses. A micro-credential | ||
| received by an educator shall be recorded on the agency's Educator | ||
| Certification Online System (ECOS) and included as part of the | ||
| educator's public certification records. | ||
| SECTION 2. The Texas Education Agency is required to | ||
| implement a provision of this Act only if the legislature | ||
| appropriates money specifically for that purpose. If the | ||
| legislature does not appropriate money specifically for that | ||
| purpose, the Texas Education Agency may, but is not required to, | ||
| implement a provision of this Act using other appropriations | ||
| available for that purpose. | ||
| 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, 2019. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 2424 was passed by the House on April | ||
| 24, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, 1 present, not | ||
| voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. | ||
| No. 2424 on May 23, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 0, | ||
| 1 present, not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 2424 was passed by the Senate, with | ||
| amendments, on May 19, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays | ||
| 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: __________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| __________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
