Bill Text: TX HB5224 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the issuance of a teaching certificate to certain applicants with experience as instructors for the Community College of the Air Force.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-24 - Referred to Public Education [HB5224 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB5224-Introduced.html
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By: Moody | H.B. No. 5224 |
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relating to the issuance of a teaching certificate to certain | ||
applicants with experience as instructors for the Community College | ||
of the Air Force. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. The heading to Section 21.052, Education Code, | ||
is amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 21.052. CERTIFICATION OF EDUCATORS WITH CREDENTIALS | ||
FROM ANOTHER ENTITY [ |
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SECTION 2. Section 21.052, Education Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsections (a-2) and (a-3) to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(a) The board may issue a certificate to an educator who | ||
applies for a certificate and: | ||
(1) holds: | ||
(A) a degree issued by an institution accredited | ||
by a regional accrediting agency or group that is recognized by a | ||
nationally recognized accreditation board; or | ||
(B) a degree issued by an institution located in | ||
a foreign country, if the degree is equivalent to a degree described | ||
by Paragraph (A); | ||
(2) either: | ||
(A) holds an appropriate certificate or other | ||
credential issued by another state or country; or | ||
(B) has at least two semesters' experience as a | ||
full-time instructor for the Community College of the Air Force; | ||
and | ||
(3) performs satisfactorily on: | ||
(A) the examination prescribed under Section | ||
21.048; or | ||
(B) if the educator holds a certificate or other | ||
credential issued by another state or country, an examination | ||
similar to and at least as rigorous as that described by Paragraph | ||
(A) administered to the educator under the authority of that state. | ||
(a-2) An applicant described by Subsection (a)(2)(B) may | ||
fulfill the examination requirements under Subsection (a)(3) by | ||
performing satisfactorily on one examination prescribed under | ||
Section 21.048 in the subject area in which the applicant intends to | ||
teach. | ||
(a-3) An applicant is not eligible for certification as a | ||
superintendent or principal under this section based on the | ||
credentials described under Subsection (a)(2)(B). | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |