88R12572 CXP-D
By: Lopez of Cameron H.B. No. 3793
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the registry maintained by the Texas Education Agency
of persons who are not eligible to be employed by public schools.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 22.092(c), Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(c) The registry maintained under this section must list the
following persons as not eligible to be employed by public schools:
(1) a person determined by the agency under Section
22.0832 as a person who would not be eligible for educator
certification under Subchapter B, Chapter 21;
(2) a person determined by the agency to be not
eligible for employment based on the person's criminal history
record information review, as provided by Section 22.0833;
(3) a person who is not eligible for employment based
on criminal history record information received by the agency under
Section 21.058(b);
(4) a person whose certification or permit issued
under Subchapter B, Chapter 21, is revoked or whose application for
a certificate or permit under that subchapter is denied by the State
Board for Educator Certification on a finding that the person
engaged in misconduct described by Section 21.006(b)(2)(A) or
(A-1); and
(5) a person who is determined by the commissioner
under Section 22.094 to have engaged in misconduct described by
Section 22.093(c)(1)(A) or (B).
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, 2023.