Bill Text: TX SB1839 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to the preparation, certification, and classification of and professional development for public school educators.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-12 - Effective immediately [SB1839 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB1839-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to the preparation, certification, and classification of and professional development for public school educators.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-12 - Effective immediately [SB1839 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB1839-Introduced.html
85R15253 MEW-F | ||
By: Hughes | S.B. No. 1839 |
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relating to the preparation, certification, and classification of | ||
public school educators. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 21.043, Education Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 21.043. ACCESS TO PEIMS DATA. (a) The agency shall | ||
provide the board with access to data obtained under the Public | ||
Education Information Management System (PEIMS). | ||
(b) The agency shall provide educator preparation programs | ||
with data based on information reported through the Public | ||
Education Information Management System (PEIMS) that enables an | ||
educator preparation program to: | ||
(1) assess the impact of the program; and | ||
(2) revise the program as needed to improve the design | ||
and effectiveness of the program. | ||
(c) The agency in coordination with the board shall solicit | ||
input from education preparation programs to determine information | ||
for educator preparation programs to report through the Public | ||
Education Information Management System (PEIMS). | ||
SECTION 2. Section 21.045, Education Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: | ||
(d) To assist an educator preparation program in improving | ||
the design and effectiveness of the program in preparing educators | ||
for the classroom, the agency shall provide to each program any data | ||
reported by the program to the agency under Subsection (b) relating | ||
to the program that is compiled and analyzed by the agency. | ||
SECTION 3. Sections 21.052(a), (c), and (d), Education | ||
Code, are amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) The board may issue a certificate to an educator who | ||
applies for a certificate and: | ||
(1) holds: | ||
(A) a degree issued by an institution accredited | ||
by a regional accrediting agency or group that is recognized by a | ||
nationally recognized accreditation board; or | ||
(B) a degree issued by an institution located in | ||
a foreign country, if the degree is equivalent to a degree described | ||
by Paragraph (A); and | ||
(2) holds an appropriate certificate or other | ||
credential issued by another state or country for which the | ||
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that is similar to and at least as rigorous as the examination | ||
prescribed under Section 21.048. | ||
(c) The board may issue a temporary certificate under this | ||
section to an educator who holds a degree required by Subsection | ||
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Subsection (a)(2), and has complied with the criminal history | ||
record information review application requirement but who has not | ||
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specify the term of a temporary certificate issued under this | ||
subsection. | ||
(d) A temporary certificate issued under Subsection (c) to | ||
an educator employed by a school district that has constructed or | ||
expanded at least one instructional facility as a result of | ||
increased student enrollment due to actions taken under the Defense | ||
Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 (10 U.S.C. Section 2687) | ||
may not expire before the first anniversary of the date on which the | ||
board completes the review of the educator's credentials [ |
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SECTION 4. Section 30A.112(b), Education Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(b) The state virtual school network may provide or | ||
authorize providers of electronic professional development courses | ||
to provide professional development for: | ||
(1) teachers who are teaching subjects or grade levels | ||
for which the teachers are not certified; or | ||
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Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. Section 1400 | ||
et seq.). | ||
SECTION 5. The following provisions of the Education Code | ||
are repealed: | ||
(1) Section 21.005; | ||
(2) Sections 21.052(e) and (g); and | ||
(3) Section 21.057(e). | ||
SECTION 6. Section 21.052, Education Code, as amended by | ||
this Act, applies only to an application submitted on or after the | ||
effective date of this Act. An application submitted before the | ||
effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect when the | ||
application was submitted, and the former law is continued in | ||
effect for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 7. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |