85R12783 PAM-D
By: Gervin-Hawkins H.B. No. 3349
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to creating an abbreviated certification program and a
certificate for trade and industrial workforce training.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 21, Education Code, is
amended by adding Sections 21.0442 and 21.0491 to read as follows:
Sec. 21.0442. EDUCATOR PREPARATION PROGRAM FOR TRADE AND
INDUSTRIAL WORKFORCE TRAINING CERTIFICATE. (a) The board shall
propose rules under this subchapter to create an abbreviated
educator preparation program for a person seeking certification in
trade and industrial workforce training.
(b) Subject to Subsection (c), a person is eligible for
admission to an educator preparation program created under this
section only if the person:
(1) has been issued a high school diploma;
(2) has 10 years of full-time wage-earning experience
within the preceding 12 years in an approved occupation for which
instruction is offered; and
(3) holds with respect to that occupation a current
license, certificate, or registration, as applicable, issued by a
nationally recognized accrediting agency based on a recognized test
or measurement.
(c) The board may propose rules under which a person is
eligible for admission under Subsection (b) if the person has five
years of full-time wage-earning experience within the preceding
seven years in an approved occupation for which instruction is
offered if the person holds an advanced license, certificate, or
registration, as applicable, issued by a nationally recognized
accrediting agency.
(d) In proposing rules for an educator preparation program
under this section, the board shall ensure that the program
requires:
(1) instruction in:
(A) a specific pedagogy;
(B) classroom management; and
(C) relevant federal and state education laws;
and
(2) at least 25 hours of instruction and not more than
50 hours of instruction.
Sec. 21.0491. TRADE AND INDUSTRIAL WORKFORCE TRAINING
CERTIFICATE. (a) To provide a continuing additional source of
teachers to provide workforce training, the board shall establish a
trade and industrial workforce training certificate that may be
obtained through an abbreviated educator preparation program under
Section 21.0442.
(b) To be eligible for a certificate under this section, a
person must:
(1) satisfactorily complete the course work for that
certificate in an educator preparation program under Section
21.0442;
(2) perform satisfactorily on a trade and industrial
workforce training certificate examination prescribed by the
board; and
(3) satisfy any other requirements prescribed by the
board.
SECTION 2. The State Board for Educator Certification shall
propose rules:
(1) establishing requirements and prescribing an
examination for a trade and industrial workforce training
certificate examination as required by Section 21.0491, Education
Code, as added by this Act; and
(2) establishing standards to govern the approval and
renewal of approval of educator preparation programs for
certification in trade and industrial workforce training.
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, 2017.