Bill Text: TX HB2933 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to certification as teachers of persons with advanced degrees.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-03-19 - Referred to Public Education [HB2933 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB2933-Introduced.html
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| By: Sanford | H.B. No. 2933 | |
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| relating to certification as teachers of persons with advanced | ||
| degrees. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 21, Education Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 21.0491 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 21.0491. CERTIFICATION OF PERSONS WITH ADVANCED | ||
| DEGREES. (a) As provided by this section, the board shall issue a | ||
| certificate to a person who holds at least a master's degree in a | ||
| subject that authorizes the person to teach that subject to | ||
| students in grade levels 7 through 12. | ||
| (b) For purposes of Subsection (a), a person's degree must | ||
| be issued by an institution accredited by a regional accrediting | ||
| agency or group that is recognized by a nationally recognized | ||
| accreditation board or be an equivalent degree issued by an | ||
| institution located in a foreign country. | ||
| (c) A person entitled to a certificate under this section is | ||
| not required to complete a traditional or alternative educator | ||
| preparation program or perform satisfactorily on otherwise | ||
| applicable certification examinations prescribed under Section | ||
| 21.048 before issuance of the certificate, but must submit an | ||
| application to the board that contains information necessary to | ||
| complete a national criminal history record information review and | ||
| any other information required by the board. | ||
| (d) A person who has submitted all information required by | ||
| the board and who receives a certificate as provided by this section | ||
| must perform satisfactorily on the applicable examinations | ||
| prescribed under Section 21.048 not later than the first | ||
| anniversary of the date the board completes the review of the | ||
| person's credentials and informs the person of the applicable | ||
| examinations. | ||
| (e) The board shall revoke the certificate of a person who | ||
| fails to comply with Subsection (d). | ||
| (f) The board is not required to issue a certificate under | ||
| this section to a person who does not satisfy the board's | ||
| requirements relating to criminal history. | ||
| 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, 2013. | ||
