| 1 | 1 | | 88R13119 BEE-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: West S.B. No. 2394 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to standards to qualify as a licensed specialist in school |
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| 8 | 8 | | psychology. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 501.260, Occupations Code, is amended by |
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| 11 | 11 | | amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (b-1) to read as |
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| 12 | 12 | | follows: |
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| 13 | 13 | | (b) The executive council shall set the standards to qualify |
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| 14 | 14 | | for a license under this section. The standards must include: |
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| 15 | 15 | | (1) satisfaction of minimum recognized graduate |
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| 16 | 16 | | degree requirements; |
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| 17 | 17 | | (2) completion of graduate course work at a regionally |
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| 18 | 18 | | accredited institution of higher education in: |
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| 19 | 19 | | (A) psychological foundations; |
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| 20 | 20 | | (B) educational foundations; |
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| 21 | 21 | | (C) interventions; |
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| 22 | 22 | | (D) assessments; and |
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| 23 | 23 | | (E) professional issues and ethics; |
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| 24 | 24 | | (3) completion of at least 1,200 hours of supervised |
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| 25 | 25 | | experience; |
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| 26 | 26 | | (4) proficiency in the practice of school psychology |
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| 27 | 27 | | as demonstrated by: |
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| 28 | 28 | | (A) receipt of a passing score on a nationally |
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| 29 | 29 | | recognized qualifying examination determined to be appropriate by |
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| 30 | 30 | | the executive council and on any other examination required by the |
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| 31 | 31 | | executive council; or |
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| 32 | 32 | | (B) active certification as a nationally |
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| 33 | 33 | | certified school psychologist by the National Association of School |
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| 34 | 34 | | Psychologists or a successor organization; and |
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| 35 | 35 | | (5) satisfaction of the requirements under Sections |
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| 36 | 36 | | 501.2525(a)(3)-(9). |
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| 37 | 37 | | (b-1) The executive council may not set a standard to |
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| 38 | 38 | | qualify for a license under this section that requires a person who |
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| 39 | 39 | | meets the standard set by the executive council corresponding to |
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| 40 | 40 | | Subsection (b)(4)(B) to complete any examination, including an |
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| 41 | 41 | | examination regarding jurisprudence. |
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| 42 | 42 | | SECTION 2. Section 501.260, Occupations Code, as amended by |
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| 43 | 43 | | this Act, applies only to an application for a license submitted |
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| 44 | 44 | | under that section on or after the effective date of this Act. An |
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| 45 | 45 | | application submitted before the effective date of this Act is |
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| 46 | 46 | | governed by the law in effect on the date the application was |
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| 47 | 47 | | submitted, and the former law is continued in effect for that |
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| 48 | 48 | | purpose. |
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| 49 | 49 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 50 | 50 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 51 | 51 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 52 | 52 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 53 | 53 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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