Bill Text: TX HB3217 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to certain eligibility requirements for issuance of a teaching certificate.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)
Status: (Passed) 2019-05-24 - Effective immediately [HB3217 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB3217-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 3217 |
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relating to certain eligibility requirements for issuance of a | ||
teaching certificate. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. The heading to Section 21.050, Education Code, | ||
is amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 21.050. ACADEMIC DEGREE REQUIRED FOR TEACHING | ||
CERTIFICATE; FIELD-BASED EXPERIENCE OR INTERNSHIP. | ||
SECTION 2. Sections 21.050(a) and (b), Education Code, are | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) A person who applies for a teaching certificate for | ||
which board rules require a bachelor's degree must possess a | ||
bachelor's degree received with an academic major or | ||
interdisciplinary academic major, including reading, [ |
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Subchapter A, Chapter 28. | ||
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minimum number of semester credit hours of field-based experience | ||
or internship to be included in the credit hours needed for | ||
certification. The board may propose rules requiring additional | ||
credit hours for certification in bilingual education, English as a | ||
second language, early childhood education, or special education. | ||
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. 3217 was passed by the House on April | ||
17, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 0, 1 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 3217 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
10, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
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Governor |