By: Gervin-Hawkins, Guillen, Phelan H.B. No. 3349
(Senate Sponsor - Taylor of Collin)
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 15, 2017;
May 19, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on
Education; May 22, 2017, reported favorably by the following vote:
Yeas 8, Nays 1; May 22, 2017, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to creating an abbreviated certification program and
probationary and standard certificates 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
PROBATIONARY AND STANDARD TRADE AND INDUSTRIAL WORKFORCE TRAINING
CERTIFICATES. (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) 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 or a
postsecondary credential, certificate, or degree;
(2) has seven years of full-time wage-earning
experience within the preceding 10 years in an approved occupation
for which instruction is offered;
(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; and
(4) within the period described by Subdivision (2),
has not been the subject of a complaint filed with a licensing
entity or other agency that regulates the occupation of the person,
other than a complaint that was determined baseless or unfounded by
that entity or agency.
(c) In proposing rules for an educator preparation program
under this section, the board shall ensure that the program
requires at least 80 hours of classroom instruction in:
(1) a specific pedagogy;
(2) creating lesson plans;
(3) creating student assessment instruments;
(4) classroom management; and
(5) relevant federal and state education laws.
Sec. 21.0491. PROBATIONARY AND STANDARD TRADE AND
INDUSTRIAL WORKFORCE TRAINING CERTIFICATES. (a) To provide a
continuing additional source of teachers to provide workforce
training, the board shall establish a probationary trade and
industrial workforce training certificate and a standard 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 probationary 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; and
(2) satisfy any other requirements prescribed by the
board.
(c) To be eligible for a standard certificate under this
section, a person must:
(1) hold a probationary certificate issued under this
section;
(2) be employed by:
(A) a public or private primary or secondary
school; or
(B) an institution of higher education or an
independent or private institution of higher education as those
terms are defined by Section 61.003; and
(3) perform satisfactorily on a standard trade and
industrial workforce training certificate examination prescribed
by the board.
(d) The limitation imposed by Section 21.048(a-1) on the
number of administrations of an examination does not apply to the
administration of the standard trade and industrial workforce
training certificate examination prescribed by the board.
(e) Notwithstanding any other law, the board may administer
the standard trade and industrial workforce training certificate
examination to a person who satisfies the requirements of
Subsections (c)(1) and (2).
(f) The board shall propose rules to:
(1) specify the term of a probationary certificate and
a standard certificate issued under this section; and
(2) establish the requirements for renewal of a
standard certificate.
SECTION 2. The State Board for Educator Certification shall
propose rules:
(1) establishing requirements for a probationary
trade and industrial workforce training certificate as required by
Section 21.0491, Education Code, as added by this Act;
(2) prescribing an examination for a standard trade
and industrial workforce training certificate examination as
required by Section 21.0491, Education Code, as added by this Act;
and
(3) 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.
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