Bill Text: TX HB2424 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Comm Sub
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Bill Title: Relating to the creation of a micro-credential certification program for public school educator continuing education.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-14 - Effective immediately [HB2424 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB2424-Comm_Sub.html
Bill Title: Relating to the creation of a micro-credential certification program for public school educator continuing education.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-14 - Effective immediately [HB2424 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB2424-Comm_Sub.html
By: Ashby (Senate Sponsor - Fallon) | H.B. No. 2424 | |
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 25, 2019; | ||
April 29, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on | ||
Education; May 15, 2019, reported adversely, with favorable | ||
Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 11, Nays 0; | ||
May 15, 2019, sent to printer.) | ||
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 2424 | By: Watson |
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relating to the creation of a micro-credential certification | ||
program for public school educator continuing education. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 21.054, Education Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (i) to read as | ||
follows: | ||
(a) The board shall propose rules establishing a process for | ||
identifying continuing education courses and programs that fulfill | ||
educators' continuing education requirements, including | ||
opportunities for educators to receive micro-credentials in fields | ||
of study related to the educator's certification class as provided | ||
by Subsection (i). | ||
(i) The board shall propose rules establishing a program to | ||
issue micro-credentials in fields of study related to an educator's | ||
certification class. The agency shall approve continuing education | ||
providers to offer micro-credential courses. A micro-credential | ||
received by an educator shall be recorded on the agency's Educator | ||
Certification Online System (ECOS) and included as part of the | ||
educator's public certification records. | ||
SECTION 2. The Texas Education Agency is required to | ||
implement a provision of this Act only if the legislature | ||
appropriates money specifically for that purpose. If the | ||
legislature does not appropriate money specifically for that | ||
purpose, the Texas Education Agency may, but is not required to, | ||
implement a provision of this Act using other appropriations | ||
available for that purpose. | ||
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, 2019. | ||
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