By: Blanco, Gutierrez S.B. No. 544 (In the Senate - Filed January 20, 2023; February 17, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on Education; April 11, 2023, reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 12, Nays 0; April 11, 2023, sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 544 By: Flores A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the issuance of a temporary teaching certificate to and requirements regarding educator certification for certain persons with experience as instructors for the Community College of the Air Force. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 21, Education Code, is amended by adding Section 21.0525 to read as follows: Sec. 21.0525. CERTIFICATION OF CERTAIN MILITARY INSTRUCTORS; TEMPORARY TEACHING CERTIFICATE. (a) The board shall propose rules providing for a person who has at least two semesters' experience as a full-time instructor for the Community College of the Air Force to: (1) be issued a temporary teaching certificate on the person's enrollment in an educator preparation program; and (2) receive credit for the person's education, training, and clinical or professional experience as an instructor for the Community College of the Air Force toward the requirements for completion of an educator preparation program, including requirements regarding coursework, field-based experience, or clinical experience. (b) A temporary teaching certificate issued under this section is valid for a term of one year from the date of issuance. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. * * * * *