By: Lucio S.B. No. 1555
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to requirements for state educator certification
examinations.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 21.048(a), Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) The board shall propose rules prescribing comprehensive
examinations for each class of certificate issued by the board. The
rules must:
(1) require each educator to perform satisfactorily on
each section of an examination for an educator to be considered to
have performed satisfactorily on the examination as a whole; and
(2) establish for each examination a rigorous minimum
score indicating satisfactory performance.
SECTION 2. Not later than January 1, 2014, the State Board
for Educator Certification shall propose rules relating to
certification examinations as provided by Section 21.048(a),
Education Code, as amended by this Act.
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.