83R2619 CAS-F
By: Patrick H.B. No. 647
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to employment by open-enrollment charter schools of
certain persons as teachers.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 12.120, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:
(a-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), an open-enrollment
charter school may employ a person as a teacher if:
(1) a school district could employ the person as a
classroom teacher; or
(2) a school district could employ the person as a
classroom teacher if the person held the appropriate certificate
issued under Subchapter B, Chapter 21, and the person has never held
a teaching certificate issued under Subchapter B, Chapter 21.
SECTION 2. 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.