88R13347 JRJ-D
By: Harrison H.B. No. 5108
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a study and report by the Texas Higher Education
Coordinating Board regarding a teacher apprenticeship program.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 61, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 61.06692 to read as follows:
Sec. 61.06692. STUDY AND REPORT ON TEACHER APPRENTICESHIP
PROGRAM. (a) The board, with the assistance of the Texas Education
Agency and the State Board for Educator Certification, shall
conduct a study to determine the feasibility of and best practices
for allowing students to obtain certification as a classroom
teacher under an apprenticeship program.
(b) The study must provide for an alternate pathway for
teacher certification that takes less time to complete, is more
affordable, and involves more direct experience than the standard
pathway for teacher certification.
(c) In conducting the study, the board shall collaborate
with the Texas Education Agency and the State Board for Educator
Certification.
(d) Not later than December 1, 2025, the board shall submit
to the governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house
of representatives, the commissioner of education, and the State
Board for Educator Certification a written report that includes the
study's findings and any recommendations for legislative or other
action.
(e) This section expires January 1, 2026.
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.