82R2820 GCB-D
By: Castro H.B. No. 1016
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a requirement that public school counselors demonstrate
knowledge of counseling regarding higher education to obtain a
school counselor certificate.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 21, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 21.0461 to read as follows:
Sec. 21.0461. QUALIFICATIONS FOR CERTIFICATION AS
COUNSELOR. The qualifications specified under Section 21.041 for
certification as a school counselor must include a requirement that
a candidate for certification demonstrate proficiency in providing
counseling regarding higher education as required by Section
33.007.
SECTION 2. (a) Not later than January 1, 2012, the State
Board for Educator Certification shall propose rules specifying
qualifications for certification as a public school counselor that
include the requirement prescribed by Section 21.0461, Education
Code, as added by this Act.
(b) Section 21.0461, Education Code, as added by this Act,
applies only to the qualifications for certification as a public
school counselor for a person who completes an educator preparation
program for preparation as a public school counselor during the
2013 spring semester or a later academic term. The qualifications
for certification as a public school counselor for a person who
completes the educator preparation program before the beginning of
the 2013 spring semester are governed by the law and rules in effect
at the time the person becomes certified, and that law and those
rules are continued in effect for that purpose.
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, 2011.