Bill Text: TX HB4358 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to including digital teaching in the micro-credential certification program for public school educator continuing education.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-05-18 - Left pending in committee [HB4358 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB4358-Engrossed.html
| By: Allison, Lujan | H.B. No. 4358 | |
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| relating to including digital teaching in the 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 Subsections (a) and (i) and adding Subsection (i-1) 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, as | ||
| provided by Subsection (i), in: | ||
| (1) fields of study related to the educator's | ||
| certification class; or | ||
| (2) digital teaching [ |
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| (i) The board shall propose rules establishing a program to | ||
| issue micro-credentials in fields of study related to an educator's | ||
| certification class or in digital teaching. 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. | ||
| (i-1) In proposing rules under Subsection (i) for | ||
| micro-credentials related to digital teaching, the board shall | ||
| engage relevant stakeholders. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2023-2024 | ||
| school year. | ||
| 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, 2023. | ||
