Bill Text: TX SB1590 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Comm Sub
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Bill Title: Relating to rules by the State Board for Educator Certification regarding virtual observation options for field-based experiences and internships required for educator certification.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-06-18 - Effective immediately [SB1590 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB1590-Comm_Sub.html
Bill Title: Relating to rules by the State Board for Educator Certification regarding virtual observation options for field-based experiences and internships required for educator certification.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-06-18 - Effective immediately [SB1590 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB1590-Comm_Sub.html
By: Bettencourt | S.B. No. 1590 | |
(VanDeaver) | ||
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relating to rules by the State Board for Educator Certification | ||
regarding virtual observation options for field-based experiences | ||
and internships required for educator certification. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 21.051(f), Education Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(f) The board shall propose rules providing flexible | ||
options for persons for any field-based experience or internship | ||
required for certification, including options for candidate | ||
observations that provide for: | ||
(1) two observations to occur in person and two | ||
additional observations to occur in virtual settings that are | ||
equivalent in rigor to in-person options for observation; or | ||
(2) three observations to occur in person. | ||
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, 2021. |