By: Bettencourt S.B. No. 1590
(In the Senate - Filed March 11, 2021; March 24, 2021, read
first time and referred to Committee on Education; April 23, 2021,
reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 2;
April 23, 2021, sent to printer.)
Click here to see the committee vote
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to rules by the State Board for Educator Certification
regarding virtual observation options for field-based experiences
and internships required for educator certification.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 21.051(f), Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(f) The board shall propose rules providing flexible
options for persons for any field-based experience or internship
required for certification, including options for candidate
observations to occur in virtual settings that are equivalent in
rigor to in-person options for observation.
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, 2021.
* * * * *