By: Aycock (Senate Sponsor - Patrick) H.B. No. 3573
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 9, 2013;
May 13, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on
Education; May 17, 2013, reported favorably by the following vote:
Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 17, 2013, sent to printer.)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the requirements for obtaining a health science
technology education teaching certificate and to the scope of
courses a person may teach holding a technology applications
teaching certificate.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 21.044, Education Code, as amended by
Chapters 635 (S.B. 866) and 926 (S.B. 1620), Acts of the 82nd
Legislature, Regular Session, 2011, is reenacted and amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 21.044. EDUCATOR PREPARATION. (a) The board shall
propose rules establishing the training requirements a person must
accomplish to obtain a certificate, enter an internship, or enter
an induction-year program. The board shall specify the minimum
academic qualifications required for a certificate.
(b) Any minimum academic qualifications for a certificate
specified under Subsection (a) that require a person to possess a
bachelor's degree must also require that the person receive, as
part of the curriculum for that degree, instruction in detection
and education of students with dyslexia. This subsection does not
apply to a person who obtains a certificate through an alternative
certification program adopted under Section 21.049.
(c) The instruction under Subsection (b) must:
(1) be developed by a panel of experts in the diagnosis
and treatment of dyslexia who are:
(A) employed by institutions of higher
education; and
(B) approved by the board; and
(2) include information on:
(A) characteristics of dyslexia;
(B) identification of dyslexia; and
(C) effective, multisensory strategies for
teaching students with dyslexia.
(d) [(b)] In proposing rules under this section, the board
shall specify that to obtain a certificate to teach an "applied STEM
course," as that term is defined by Section 28.027, at a secondary
school, a person must:
(1) pass the certification test administered by the
recognized national or international business and industry group
that created the curriculum the applied STEM course is based on; and
(2) have at a minimum:
(A) an associate degree from an accredited
institution of higher education; and
(B) three years of work experience in an
occupation for which the applied STEM course is intended to prepare
the student.
(e) In proposing rules under this section for a person to
obtain a certificate to teach a health science technology education
course, the board shall specify that a person must have:
(1) an associate degree or more advanced degree from
an accredited institution of higher education;
(2) current licensure, certification, or registration
as a health professions practitioner issued by a nationally
recognized accrediting agency for health professionals; and
(3) at least two years of wage earning experience
utilizing the licensure requirement.
(f) The board may not propose rules for a certificate to
teach a health science technology education course that specify
that a person must have a bachelor's degree or that establish any
other credential or teaching experience requirements that exceed
the requirements under Subsection (e).
SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 21, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 21.0486 to read as follows:
Sec. 21.0486. TECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS CERTIFICATION. A
person who holds a technology applications certificate issued under
this subchapter may, in addition to teaching technology
applications courses as authorized under the certificate, teach
courses in:
(1) principles of arts, audio/video technology, and
communications; and
(2) principles of information technology.
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, 2013.
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