H.B. No. 3217
AN ACT
relating to certain eligibility requirements for issuance of a
teaching certificate.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. The heading to Section 21.050, Education Code,
is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 21.050. ACADEMIC DEGREE REQUIRED FOR TEACHING
CERTIFICATE; FIELD-BASED EXPERIENCE OR INTERNSHIP.
SECTION 2. Sections 21.050(a) and (b), Education Code, are
amended to read as follows:
(a) A person who applies for a teaching certificate for
which board rules require a bachelor's degree must possess a
bachelor's degree received with an academic major or
interdisciplinary academic major, including reading, [other than
education,] that is related to the curriculum as prescribed under
Subchapter A, Chapter 28.
(b) [The board may not require more than 18 semester credit
hours of education courses at the baccalaureate level for the
granting of a teaching certificate.] The board shall provide for a
minimum number of semester credit hours of field-based experience
or internship to be included in the credit hours needed for
certification. The board may propose rules requiring additional
credit hours for certification in bilingual education, English as a
second language, early childhood education, or special education.
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, 2019.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 3217 was passed by the House on April
17, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 0, 1 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 3217 was passed by the Senate on May
10, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor