89R8451 MEW-D
By: Fairly, Leo Wilson H.B. No. 2107
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to training requirements for public school educators.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 21.4515, Education Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (b-1) to read as
follows:
(b) Except as provided by Subsection (b-1), to [To] the
extent of any conflict, a frequency requirement for the completion
of training provided by statute prevails over a frequency
requirement for that training included in the policy adopted by the
board of trustees of a school district or the governing body of an
open-enrollment charter school under Subsection (a).
(b-1) Notwithstanding any other law, the policy adopted by
the board of trustees of a school district or the governing body of
an open-enrollment charter school under Subsection (a) may provide
for an educator employed by the district or school who would
otherwise be required by statute to complete a training annually to
complete that training every other year.
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2025-2026
school year.
SECTION 3. 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, 2025.