| 1 | 1 | | 89R3499 JDK-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Shaheen H.B. No. 906 |
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| 7 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 8 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 9 | 9 | | relating to a temporary teaching certificate for certain military |
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| 10 | 10 | | service members and first responders. |
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| 11 | 11 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 12 | 12 | | SECTION 1. Sections 21.0444(b) and (c), Education Code, are |
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| 13 | 13 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 14 | 14 | | (b) This section applies to a person seeking teaching |
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| 15 | 15 | | certification [to teach career and technology education] who: |
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| 16 | 16 | | (1) has served in the armed forces of the United States |
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| 17 | 17 | | and was honorably discharged, retired, or released from active |
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| 18 | 18 | | duty; or |
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| 19 | 19 | | (2) has served as a first responder and, while in good |
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| 20 | 20 | | standing and not because of pending or final disciplinary actions |
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| 21 | 21 | | or a documented performance problem, retired, resigned, or |
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| 22 | 22 | | separated from employment as a first responder. |
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| 23 | 23 | | (c) The board shall propose rules under this subchapter |
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| 24 | 24 | | providing for the issuance of a temporary teaching certificate [to |
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| 25 | 25 | | teach career and technology education] to a person described by |
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| 26 | 26 | | Subsection (b) who meets all other eligibility requirements for |
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| 27 | 27 | | standard teaching certification [to teach career and technology |
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| 28 | 28 | | education], except that the person may substitute for a requirement |
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| 29 | 29 | | that the person hold: |
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| 30 | 30 | | (1) an associate degree from an accredited institution |
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| 31 | 31 | | of higher education, 48 months of active duty military service or |
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| 32 | 32 | | service as a first responder; or |
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| 33 | 33 | | (2) a bachelor's degree: |
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| 34 | 34 | | (A) the military service or service as a first |
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| 35 | 35 | | responder described by Subdivision (1); and |
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| 36 | 36 | | (B) 60 semester credit hours completed at a |
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| 37 | 37 | | public or private institution of higher education with a minimum |
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| 38 | 38 | | grade point average of at least 2.50 on a four-point scale. |
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| 39 | 39 | | SECTION 2. Section 21.458(a-2), Education Code, is amended |
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| 40 | 40 | | to read as follows: |
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| 41 | 41 | | (a-2) A school district shall assign a mentor teacher to a |
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| 42 | 42 | | classroom teacher who has been issued a temporary teaching |
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| 43 | 43 | | certificate [to teach career and technology education] under |
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| 44 | 44 | | Section 21.0444 for at least two school years. |
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| 45 | 45 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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