By: Menéndez S.B. No. 1309
(In the Senate - Filed March 11, 2015; March 18, 2015, read
first time and referred to Committee on Education; April 23, 2015,
reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 10, Nays 0;
April 23, 2015, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to eligibility requirements for issuance of a teaching
certificate to an applicant who holds a Junior Reserve Officer
Training Corps instructor teaching certification.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. The heading to Section 21.052, Education Code,
is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 21.052. CERTIFICATION OF EDUCATORS FROM OUTSIDE
JURISDICTION [THE STATE].
SECTION 2. Section 21.052, Education Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as
follows:
(a) The board may issue a certificate to an educator who
applies for a certificate and:
(1) holds[:
[(A)] a degree issued by:
(A) an institution accredited by a regional
accrediting agency or group that is recognized by a nationally
recognized accreditation board; or
(B) [a degree issued by] an institution located
in a foreign country, if the degree is equivalent to a degree
described by Paragraph (A);
(2) holds:
(A) an appropriate certificate or other
credential issued by another state or country; or
(B) a Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps
instructor teaching certification issued by the United States
Department of Defense, United States Army, United States Navy,
United States Air Force, or United States Marine Corps; and
(3) performs satisfactorily on:
(A) the examination prescribed under Section
21.048; or
(B) if the educator holds a certificate or other
credential issued by another state or country, an examination
similar to and at least as rigorous as that described by Paragraph
(A) administered to the educator under the authority of that state.
(a-1) For purposes of Subsection (a)(1), the board may not
impose on an applicant who holds a teaching certification described
by Subsection (a)(2)(B) requirements described by Section 21.050 in
connection with the degree requirement.
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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