By: Sheets, Fallon, Guillen, Moody H.B. No. 2014
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
rela
ting to the authority of military personnel to obtain
certification to teach career and technology education classes in
public schools.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 21, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 21.0487 to read as follows:
Sec. 21.0487. TRADES AND INDUSTRIES EDUCATION
CERTIFICATION FOR MILITARY PERSONNEL. (a) To the extent that rules
adopted under this subchapter require a person seeking trades and
industries education certification to hold a license or other
professional credential for a specific trade, a person who is a
current or former member of the United States armed services is
considered to have satisfied that requirement if the person has
experience in that trade obtained through military service.
(b) The board may not propose rules requiring a current or
former member of the United States armed services who seeks career
and technology education certification for a specific trade to hold
a credential related to that trade or possess experience related to
that trade other than the experience in that trade obtained through
military service.
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, 2015.