86R13448 SOS-F
By: González of El Paso H.B. No. 3509
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to providing public access to information regarding
district of innovation exemptions from educator certification or
school district teaching permit requirements.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 12A.004, Education Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsections (c) and (d) to read
as follows:
(b) The commissioner shall:
(1) maintain a list of provisions of this title from
which school districts designated as districts of innovation are
exempt under this chapter; [and]
(2) for each district of innovation that is exempt
under its local innovation plan from an educator certification or
school district teaching permit requirement under Chapter 21,
identify the type of educator certification or school district
teaching permit exempted under its plan; and
(3) notify the legislature of each provision from
which districts enrolling a majority of students in this state are
exempt.
(c) The commissioner shall post on the agency's Internet
website the educator certification and school district teaching
permit exemption information identified under Subsection (b)(2).
(d) The commissioner may adopt rules to administer this
section, including rules to determine the method by which the
commissioner requests and receives the educator certification and
school district teaching permit exemption information identified
under Subsection (b)(2).
SECTION 2. 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.