| 1 | 1 | | 84R19979 KKA-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Schaefer, Bell, Dutton, Workman H.B. No. 1497 |
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| 3 | 3 | | Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1497: |
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| 4 | 4 | | By: Aycock C.S.H.B. No. 1497 |
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| 6 | 6 | | |
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| 7 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 8 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 9 | 9 | | relating to the issuance of school district teaching permits to |
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| 10 | 10 | | persons who teach career and technology education. |
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| 11 | 11 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 12 | 12 | | SECTION 1. Section 21.055, Education Code, is amended by |
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| 13 | 13 | | amending Subsections (a), (b), and (e) and adding Subsections |
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| 14 | 14 | | (d-1), (d-2), and (d-3) to read as follows: |
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| 15 | 15 | | (a) As provided by this section, a school district or school |
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| 16 | 16 | | district board of trustees may issue a school district teaching |
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| 17 | 17 | | permit and employ as a teacher a person who does not hold a teaching |
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| 18 | 18 | | certificate issued by the board. |
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| 19 | 19 | | (b) To be eligible for a school district teaching permit |
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| 20 | 20 | | under this section, a person must hold a baccalaureate degree. |
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| 21 | 21 | | [This subsection does not apply to a person who will teach only |
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| 22 | 22 | | career and technology education.] |
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| 23 | 23 | | (d-1) Subsections (b), (c), and (d) do not apply to a person |
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| 24 | 24 | | who will teach only courses in career and technology education. A |
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| 25 | 25 | | school district board of trustees may issue a school district |
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| 26 | 26 | | teaching permit to a person who will teach only courses in career |
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| 27 | 27 | | and technology education if: |
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| 28 | 28 | | (1) the superintendent of the district certifies to |
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| 29 | 29 | | the board of trustees that the person: |
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| 30 | 30 | | (A) is qualified to teach the subject matter, |
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| 31 | 31 | | based on the person's demonstrated expertise obtained through |
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| 32 | 32 | | professional work experience, formal training and education, or a |
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| 33 | 33 | | combination of experience, training, and education; |
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| 34 | 34 | | (B) is capable of proper classroom management; |
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| 35 | 35 | | and |
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| 36 | 36 | | (C) has been the subject of a criminal history |
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| 37 | 37 | | record information review under Subchapter C, Chapter 22; and |
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| 38 | 38 | | (2) the person is required to: |
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| 39 | 39 | | (A) obtain at least 30 hours of classroom |
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| 40 | 40 | | management training, including courses that contain curriculum |
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| 41 | 41 | | regarding professional practices and responsibilities and the code |
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| 42 | 42 | | of ethics and standard practices for educators in this state that is |
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| 43 | 43 | | comparable to the curriculum regarding those topics that is |
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| 44 | 44 | | required to be included in educator preparation curriculum under |
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| 45 | 45 | | rules of the State Board for Educator Certification; and |
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| 46 | 46 | | (B) comply with continuing education |
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| 47 | 47 | | requirements as determined by the board of trustees. |
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| 48 | 48 | | (d-2) A person who receives a school district teaching |
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| 49 | 49 | | permit under Subsection (d-1) may teach the subject matter |
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| 50 | 50 | | described in the permit immediately on issuance of the permit. |
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| 51 | 51 | | (d-3) Promptly after employing a person under a school |
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| 52 | 52 | | district teaching permit under Subsection (d-1), the school |
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| 53 | 53 | | district board of trustees shall send to the commissioner a written |
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| 54 | 54 | | statement that identifies the person, specifies the course or |
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| 55 | 55 | | courses that the person will teach, and describes the person's |
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| 56 | 56 | | qualifications to teach the course or courses. |
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| 57 | 57 | | (e) A person authorized to teach under this section may not |
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| 58 | 58 | | teach in another school district unless that district or the board |
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| 59 | 59 | | of trustees for that district complies with this section. A school |
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| 60 | 60 | | district teaching permit remains valid unless the district or board |
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| 61 | 61 | | of trustees issuing the permit revokes it for cause. |
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| 62 | 62 | | SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2015-2016 |
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| 63 | 63 | | school year. |
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| 64 | 64 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 65 | 65 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 66 | 66 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 67 | 67 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 68 | 68 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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