By: Bettencourt S.B. No. 1590
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 that provide for:
(1) two observations to occur in person and two
additional observations to occur in virtual settings that are
equivalent in rigor to in-person options for observation; or
(2) three observations to occur in person.
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.