Bill Text: TX HB3509 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to providing public access to information regarding district of innovation exemptions from educator certification or school district teaching permit requirements.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-18 - Referred to Public Education [HB3509 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB3509-Introduced.html
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By: González of El Paso | H.B. No. 3509 |
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relating to providing public access to information regarding | ||
district of innovation exemptions from educator certification or | ||
school district teaching permit requirements. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 12A.004, Education Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsections (c) and (d) to read | ||
as follows: | ||
(b) The commissioner shall: | ||
(1) maintain a list of provisions of this title from | ||
which school districts designated as districts of innovation are | ||
exempt under this chapter; [ |
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(2) for each district of innovation that is exempt | ||
under its local innovation plan from an educator certification or | ||
school district teaching permit requirement under Chapter 21, | ||
identify the type of educator certification or school district | ||
teaching permit exempted under its plan; and | ||
(3) notify the legislature of each provision from | ||
which districts enrolling a majority of students in this state are | ||
exempt. | ||
(c) The commissioner shall post on the agency's Internet | ||
website the educator certification and school district teaching | ||
permit exemption information identified under Subsection (b)(2). | ||
(d) The commissioner may adopt rules to administer this | ||
section, including rules to determine the method by which the | ||
commissioner requests and receives the educator certification and | ||
school district teaching permit exemption information identified | ||
under Subsection (b)(2). | ||
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, 2019. |