85R15253 MEW-F
By: Hughes S.B. No. 1839
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the preparation, certification, and classification of
public school educators.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 21.043, Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 21.043. ACCESS TO PEIMS DATA. (a) The agency shall
provide the board with access to data obtained under the Public
Education Information Management System (PEIMS).
(b) The agency shall provide educator preparation programs
with data based on information reported through the Public
Education Information Management System (PEIMS) that enables an
educator preparation program to:
(1) assess the impact of the program; and
(2) revise the program as needed to improve the design
and effectiveness of the program.
(c) The agency in coordination with the board shall solicit
input from education preparation programs to determine information
for educator preparation programs to report through the Public
Education Information Management System (PEIMS).
SECTION 2. Section 21.045, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
(d) To assist an educator preparation program in improving
the design and effectiveness of the program in preparing educators
for the classroom, the agency shall provide to each program any data
reported by the program to the agency under Subsection (b) relating
to the program that is compiled and analyzed by the agency.
SECTION 3. Sections 21.052(a), (c), and (d), Education
Code, are amended 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 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); and
(2) holds an appropriate certificate or other
credential issued by another state or country for which the
educator performed [; 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
that is similar to and at least as rigorous as the examination
prescribed under Section 21.048.
(c) The board may issue a temporary certificate under this
section to an educator who holds a degree required by Subsection
(a)(1), holds [and] a certificate or other credential required by
Subsection (a)(2), and has complied with the criminal history
record information review application requirement but who has not
satisfied other application [the] requirements [prescribed by
Subsection (a)(3)]. Subject to Subsection (d), the board may
specify the term of a temporary certificate issued under this
subsection.
(d) A temporary certificate issued under Subsection (c) to
an educator employed by a school district that has constructed or
expanded at least one instructional facility as a result of
increased student enrollment due to actions taken under the Defense
Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 (10 U.S.C. Section 2687)
may not expire before the first anniversary of the date on which the
board completes the review of the educator's credentials [and
informs the educator of the examination or examinations under
Section 21.048 on which the educator must perform successfully to
receive a standard certificate].
SECTION 4. Section 30A.112(b), Education Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(b) The state virtual school network may provide or
authorize providers of electronic professional development courses
to provide professional development for:
(1) teachers who are teaching subjects or grade levels
for which the teachers are not certified; or
(2) [teachers who must become highly qualified under
Section 1119, No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (20 U.S.C. Section
6319); or
[(3)] teachers who must become qualified under the
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. Section 1400
et seq.).
SECTION 5. The following provisions of the Education Code
are repealed:
(1) Section 21.005;
(2) Sections 21.052(e) and (g); and
(3) Section 21.057(e).
SECTION 6. Section 21.052, Education Code, as amended by
this Act, applies only to an application submitted on or after the
effective date of this Act. An application submitted before the
effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect when the
application was submitted, and the former law is continued in
effect for that purpose.
SECTION 7. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.