82R4691 CAS-D
By: Gallegos S.B. No. 679
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to minimum educational qualifications for open-enrollment
charter school teachers.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 12.129, Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 12.129. MINIMUM TEACHER QUALIFICATIONS. A person
employed as a teacher by an open-enrollment charter school must
hold a baccalaureate degree [high school diploma].
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2011-2012
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, 2011.