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1		-	84R24910 PAM-D
2		-	By: Menéndez S.B. No. 1309
3		-	(Deshotel)
4		-	Substitute the following for S.B. No. 1309: No.
	1	+	S.B. No. 1309
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7		-	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	4		AN ACT
9	5		relating to the establishment of a Junior Reserve Officer Training
10	6		Corps teaching certificate and eligibility of such certified
11	7		teacher for other educator certification.
12	8		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
13	9		SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 21, Education Code, is
14	10		amended by adding Section 21.0487 to read as follows:
15	11		Sec. 21.0487. JUNIOR RESERVE OFFICER TRAINING CORPS TEACHER
16	12		CERTIFICATION. (a) The board shall establish a standard Junior
17	13		Reserve Officer Training Corps teaching certificate to provide
18	14		Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps instruction.
19	15		(b) To be eligible for a certificate under this section, a
20	16		person must:
21	17		(1) hold a bachelor's degree from an institution of
22	18		higher education that is, and at the time the person received the
23	19		degree was, accredited or otherwise approved by an accrediting
24	20		organization recognized by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating
25	21		Board;
26	22		(2) satisfy the eligibility and testing requirements
27	23		for certification as a Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps
28	24		instructor established by the branch of service in which the person
29	25		served; and
30	26		(3) complete an approved educator preparation
31	27		program.
32	28		(c) The board shall propose rules to:
33	29		(1) approve educator preparation programs to prepare a
34	30		person as a teacher for certification under this section; and
35	31		(2) establish requirements under which:
36	32		(A) a person's training and experience acquired
37	33		during the person's military service serves as proof of the person's
38	34		demonstration of subject matter knowledge if that training and
39	35		experience is verified by the branch of service in which the person
40	36		served; and
41	37		(B) a person's employment by a school district as
42	38		a Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps instructor before the
43	39		person was enrolled in an educator preparation program or while the
44	40		person is enrolled in an educator preparation program is applied to
45	41		satisfy any student teaching, internship, or field-based
46	42		experience program requirement.
47	43		(d) A person is not required to hold a certificate
48	44		established under this section to be employed by a school district
49	45		as a Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps instructor.
50	46		SECTION 2. Section 21.046, Education Code, is amended by
51	47		adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
52	48		(e) For purposes of satisfying eligibility requirements for
53	49		certification as a principal, a teacher who is certified under
54	50		Section 21.0487:
55	51		(1) is considered to hold a classroom teaching
56	52		certificate; and
57	53		(2) may apply as creditable years of teaching
58	54		experience as a classroom teacher any period during which the
59	55		teacher was employed by a school district as a Junior Reserve
60	56		Officer Training Corps instructor before or after the teacher was
61	57		certified under Section 21.0487.
62	58		SECTION 3. Not later than January 1, 2016, the State Board
63	59		for Educator Certification shall propose rules relating to the
64	60		establishment of a Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps teaching
65	61		certificate as provided by Section 21.0487, Education Code, as
66	62		added by this Act.
67	63		SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
68	64		a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
69	65		provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
70	66		Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
71	67		Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
	68	+	______________________________ ______________________________
	69	+	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
	70	+	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1309 passed the Senate on
	71	+	April 30, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1; and that
	72	+	the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 30, 2015, by the
	73	+	following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1.
	74	+	______________________________
	75	+	Secretary of the Senate
	76	+	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1309 passed the House, with
	77	+	amendment, on May 27, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 143,
	78	+	Nays 1, two present not voting.
	79	+	______________________________
	80	+	Chief Clerk of the House
	81	+	Approved:
	82	+	______________________________
	83	+	Date
	84	+	______________________________
	85	+	Governor