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1		-	H.B. No. 3349
	1	+	By: Gervin-Hawkins, Guillen, Phelan H.B. No. 3349
	2	+	(Senate Sponsor - Taylor of Collin)
	3	+	(In the Senate - Received from the House May 15, 2017;
	4	+	May 19, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on
	5	+	Education; May 22, 2017, reported favorably by the following vote:
	6	+	Yeas 8, Nays 1; May 22, 2017, sent to printer.)
	7	+	Click here to see the committee vote
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	10	+	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
4	11		AN ACT
5	12		relating to creating an abbreviated certification program and
6	13		probationary and standard certificates for trade and industrial
7	14		workforce training.
8	15		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
9	16		SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 21, Education Code, is
10	17		amended by adding Sections 21.0442 and 21.0491 to read as follows:
11	18		Sec. 21.0442. EDUCATOR PREPARATION PROGRAM FOR
12	19		PROBATIONARY AND STANDARD TRADE AND INDUSTRIAL WORKFORCE TRAINING
13	20		CERTIFICATES. (a) The board shall propose rules under this
14	21		subchapter to create an abbreviated educator preparation program
15	22		for a person seeking certification in trade and industrial
16	23		workforce training.
17	24		(b) A person is eligible for admission to an educator
18	25		preparation program created under this section only if the person:
19	26		(1) has been issued a high school diploma or a
20	27		postsecondary credential, certificate, or degree;
21	28		(2) has seven years of full-time wage-earning
22	29		experience within the preceding 10 years in an approved occupation
23	30		for which instruction is offered;
24	31		(3) holds with respect to that occupation a current
25	32		license, certificate, or registration, as applicable, issued by a
26	33		nationally recognized accrediting agency based on a recognized test
27	34		or measurement; and
28	35		(4) within the period described by Subdivision (2),
29	36		has not been the subject of a complaint filed with a licensing
30	37		entity or other agency that regulates the occupation of the person,
31	38		other than a complaint that was determined baseless or unfounded by
32	39		that entity or agency.
33	40		(c) In proposing rules for an educator preparation program
34	41		under this section, the board shall ensure that the program
35	42		requires at least 80 hours of classroom instruction in:
36	43		(1) a specific pedagogy;
37	44		(2) creating lesson plans;
38	45		(3) creating student assessment instruments;
39	46		(4) classroom management; and
40	47		(5) relevant federal and state education laws.
41	48		Sec. 21.0491. PROBATIONARY AND STANDARD TRADE AND
42	49		INDUSTRIAL WORKFORCE TRAINING CERTIFICATES. (a) To provide a
43	50		continuing additional source of teachers to provide workforce
44	51		training, the board shall establish a probationary trade and
45	52		industrial workforce training certificate and a standard trade and
46	53		industrial workforce training certificate that may be obtained
47	54		through an abbreviated educator preparation program under Section
48	55		21.0442.
49	56		(b) To be eligible for a probationary certificate under this
50	57		section, a person must:
51	58		(1) satisfactorily complete the course work for that
52	59		certificate in an educator preparation program under Section
53	60		21.0442; and
54	61		(2) satisfy any other requirements prescribed by the
55	62		board.
56	63		(c) To be eligible for a standard certificate under this
57	64		section, a person must:
58	65		(1) hold a probationary certificate issued under this
59	66		section;
60	67		(2) be employed by:
61	68		(A) a public or private primary or secondary
62	69		school; or
63	70		(B) an institution of higher education or an
64	71		independent or private institution of higher education as those
65	72		terms are defined by Section 61.003; and
66	73		(3) perform satisfactorily on a standard trade and
67	74		industrial workforce training certificate examination prescribed
68	75		by the board.
69	76		(d) The limitation imposed by Section 21.048(a-1) on the
70	77		number of administrations of an examination does not apply to the
71	78		administration of the standard trade and industrial workforce
72	79		training certificate examination prescribed by the board.
73	80		(e) Notwithstanding any other law, the board may administer
74	81		the standard trade and industrial workforce training certificate
75	82		examination to a person who satisfies the requirements of
76	83		Subsections (c)(1) and (2).
77	84		(f) The board shall propose rules to:
78	85		(1) specify the term of a probationary certificate and
79	86		a standard certificate issued under this section; and
80	87		(2) establish the requirements for renewal of a
81	88		standard certificate.
82	89		SECTION 2. The State Board for Educator Certification shall
83	90		propose rules:
84	91		(1) establishing requirements for a probationary
85	92		trade and industrial workforce training certificate as required by
86	93		Section 21.0491, Education Code, as added by this Act;
87	94		(2) prescribing an examination for a standard trade
88	95		and industrial workforce training certificate examination as
89	96		required by Section 21.0491, Education Code, as added by this Act;
90	97		and
91	98		(3) establishing standards to govern the approval and
92	99		renewal of approval of educator preparation programs for
93	100		certification in trade and industrial workforce training.
94		-	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect only if a specific
95		-	appropriation for the implementation of the Act is provided in a
96		-	general appropriations act of the 85th Legislature.
97		-	SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
	101	+	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
98	102		a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
99	103		provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
100	104		Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
101	105		Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
102		-	______________________________ ______________________________
103		-	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
104		-	I certify that H.B. No. 3349 was passed by the House on May
105		-	12, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 141, Nays 1, 1 present, not
106		-	voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
107		-	No. 3349 on May 26, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 0,
108		-	2 present, not voting.
109		-	______________________________
110		-	Chief Clerk of the House
111		-	I certify that H.B. No. 3349 was passed by the Senate, with
112		-	amendments, on May 24, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays
113		-	0.
114		-	______________________________
115		-	Secretary of the Senate
116		-	APPROVED: __________________
117		-	Date
118		-	__________________
119		-	Governor
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