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1	1	By: Aycock (Senate Sponsor - Patrick) H.B. No. 3573
2	2	(In the Senate - Received from the House May 9, 2013;
3	3	May 13, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on
4	4	Education; May 17, 2013, reported favorably by the following vote:
5	5	Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 17, 2013, sent to printer.)
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8	8	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
9	9	AN ACT
10	10	relating to the requirements for obtaining a health science
11	11	technology education teaching certificate and to the scope of
12	12	courses a person may teach holding a technology applications
13	13	teaching certificate.
14	14	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
15	15	SECTION 1. Section 21.044, Education Code, as amended by
16	16	Chapters 635 (S.B. 866) and 926 (S.B. 1620), Acts of the 82nd
17	17	Legislature, Regular Session, 2011, is reenacted and amended to
18	18	read as follows:
19	19	Sec. 21.044. EDUCATOR PREPARATION. (a) The board shall
20	20	propose rules establishing the training requirements a person must
21	21	accomplish to obtain a certificate, enter an internship, or enter
22	22	an induction-year program. The board shall specify the minimum
23	23	academic qualifications required for a certificate.
24	24	(b) Any minimum academic qualifications for a certificate
25	25	specified under Subsection (a) that require a person to possess a
26	26	bachelor's degree must also require that the person receive, as
27	27	part of the curriculum for that degree, instruction in detection
28	28	and education of students with dyslexia. This subsection does not
29	29	apply to a person who obtains a certificate through an alternative
30	30	certification program adopted under Section 21.049.
31	31	(c) The instruction under Subsection (b) must:
32	32	(1) be developed by a panel of experts in the diagnosis
33	33	and treatment of dyslexia who are:
34	34	(A) employed by institutions of higher
35	35	education; and
36	36	(B) approved by the board; and
37	37	(2) include information on:
38	38	(A) characteristics of dyslexia;
39	39	(B) identification of dyslexia; and
40	40	(C) effective, multisensory strategies for
41	41	teaching students with dyslexia.
42	42	(d) [(b)] In proposing rules under this section, the board
43	43	shall specify that to obtain a certificate to teach an "applied STEM
44	44	course," as that term is defined by Section 28.027, at a secondary
45	45	school, a person must:
46	46	(1) pass the certification test administered by the
47	47	recognized national or international business and industry group
48	48	that created the curriculum the applied STEM course is based on; and
49	49	(2) have at a minimum:
50	50	(A) an associate degree from an accredited
51	51	institution of higher education; and
52	52	(B) three years of work experience in an
53	53	occupation for which the applied STEM course is intended to prepare
54	54	the student.
55	55	(e) In proposing rules under this section for a person to
56	56	obtain a certificate to teach a health science technology education
57	57	course, the board shall specify that a person must have:
58	58	(1) an associate degree or more advanced degree from
59	59	an accredited institution of higher education;
60	60	(2) current licensure, certification, or registration
61	61	as a health professions practitioner issued by a nationally
62	62	recognized accrediting agency for health professionals; and
63	63	(3) at least two years of wage earning experience
64	64	utilizing the licensure requirement.
65	65	(f) The board may not propose rules for a certificate to
66	66	teach a health science technology education course that specify
67	67	that a person must have a bachelor's degree or that establish any
68	68	other credential or teaching experience requirements that exceed
69	69	the requirements under Subsection (e).
70	70	SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 21, Education Code, is
71	71	amended by adding Section 21.0486 to read as follows:
72	72	Sec. 21.0486. TECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS CERTIFICATION. A
73	73	person who holds a technology applications certificate issued under
74	74	this subchapter may, in addition to teaching technology
75	75	applications courses as authorized under the certificate, teach
76	76	courses in:
77	77	(1) principles of arts, audio/video technology, and
78	78	communications; and
79	79	(2) principles of information technology.
80	80	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
81	81	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
82	82	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
83	83	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
84	84	Act takes effect September 1, 2013.
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