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