89R10404 GP-D
By: Allen H.B. No. 4619
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the parental notification regarding public school
teacher qualifications.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 12A.004(a), Education Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(a) A local innovation plan may not provide for the
exemption of a district designated as a district of innovation from
the following provisions of this title:
(1) a state or federal requirement applicable to an
open-enrollment charter school operating under Subchapter D,
Chapter 12;
(2) Subchapters A, C, D, and E, Chapter 11, except that
a district may be exempt from Sections 11.1511(b)(5) and (14) and
Section 11.162;
(3) state curriculum and graduation requirements
adopted under Chapter 28; [and]
(4) academic and financial accountability and
sanctions under Chapters 39 and 39A; and
(5) parental notification requirements under Section
21.057.
SECTION 2. Sections 21.057(a) and (c), Education Code, are
amended to read as follows:
(a) A school district that assigns an inappropriately
certified or uncertified teacher to the same classroom for more
than 30 consecutive instructional days during the same school year,
excluding the first 30 instructional days of the school year, shall
provide written notice of the assignment to a parent or guardian of
each student in that classroom.
(c) The school district shall:
(1) [make a good-faith effort to] ensure that the
notice required by this section is provided in a bilingual form to
any parent or guardian whose primary language is not English;
(2) retain a copy of any notice provided under this
section; and
(3) make information relating to teacher
certification, including the type of certification held by each
teacher employed by the district, available to the public on the
district's Internet website and on request.
SECTION 3. Section 12A.004(a), Education Code, as amended
by this Act, applies to each local innovation plan adopted under
Chapter 12A, Education Code, regardless of whether the plan was
adopted before, on, or after the effective date of this Act. A local
innovation plan adopted or renewed before the effective date of
this Act must comply with Section 12A.004(a), Education Code, as
amended by this Act, not later than September 1, 2025.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.