By: Bettencourt S.B. No. 1003
(In the Senate - Filed March 5, 2015; March 10, 2015, read
first time and referred to Committee on Education; April 16, 2015,
reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the
following vote: Yeas 11, Nays 0; April 16, 2015, sent to printer.)
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1003 By: Bettencourt
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the issuance of school district teaching permits to
persons who teach career and technical education.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 21.055, Education Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (d-1) to read as
follows:
(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 non-core academic career and technical
education courses. A school board may issue a school district
teaching permit to a person who will teach courses only in career
and technical education based on qualifications certified by the
superintendent of the school district. Qualifications must include
demonstrated subject matter expertise through active professional
licensure, certification, or registration by a nationally
recognized professional accrediting agency and at least five years
of full-time wage earning work experience requiring licensure
within the past eight years. The superintendent of the school
district shall certify to the school board that a new employee has
undergone a criminal background check and is capable of proper
classroom management. A school district shall require a new
employee to obtain at least 20 hours of classroom management
training and to comply with continuing education requirements as
determined by the school board. A person may teach a career and
technical education course immediately upon issuance of a permit
under this subsection. The school board, promptly after employing
a person who qualifies under this subsection, shall send to the
commissioner a written statement identifying the person, the course
the person will teach, and the person's qualifications to teach the
course.
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.
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