84R19979 KKA-F
By: Schaefer, Bell, Dutton, Workman H.B. No. 1497
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1497:
By: Aycock C.S.H.B. No. 1497
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the issuance of school district teaching permits to
persons who teach career and technology education.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 21.055, Education Code, is amended by
amending Subsections (a), (b), and (e) and adding Subsections
(d-1), (d-2), and (d-3) to read as follows:
(a) As provided by this section, a school district or school
district board of trustees may issue a school district teaching
permit and employ as a teacher a person who does not hold a teaching
certificate issued by the board.
(b) To be eligible for a school district teaching permit
under this section, a person must hold a baccalaureate degree.
[This subsection does not apply to a person who will teach only
career and technology education.]
(d-1) Subsections (b), (c), and (d) do not apply to a person
who will teach only courses in career and technology education. A
school district board of trustees may issue a school district
teaching permit to a person who will teach only courses in career
and technology education if:
(1) the superintendent of the district certifies to
the board of trustees that the person:
(A) is qualified to teach the subject matter,
based on the person's demonstrated expertise obtained through
professional work experience, formal training and education, or a
combination of experience, training, and education;
(B) is capable of proper classroom management;
and
(C) has been the subject of a criminal history
record information review under Subchapter C, Chapter 22; and
(2) the person is required to:
(A) obtain at least 30 hours of classroom
management training, including courses that contain curriculum
regarding professional practices and responsibilities and the code
of ethics and standard practices for educators in this state that is
comparable to the curriculum regarding those topics that is
required to be included in educator preparation curriculum under
rules of the State Board for Educator Certification; and
(B) comply with continuing education
requirements as determined by the board of trustees.
(d-2) A person who receives a school district teaching
permit under Subsection (d-1) may teach the subject matter
described in the permit immediately on issuance of the permit.
(d-3) Promptly after employing a person under a school
district teaching permit under Subsection (d-1), the school
district board of trustees shall send to the commissioner a written
statement that identifies the person, specifies the course or
courses that the person will teach, and describes the person's
qualifications to teach the course or courses.
(e) A person authorized to teach under this section may not
teach in another school district unless that district or the board
of trustees for that district complies with this section. A school
district teaching permit remains valid unless the district or board
of trustees issuing the permit revokes it for cause.
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2015-2016
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, 2015.