Bill Text: TX SB1731 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to certain eligibility requirements for issuance of a teaching certificate.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-12 - Corrected comm. report printed & distributed [SB1731 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB1731-Comm_Sub.html
By: Paxton | S.B. No. 1731 | |
(In the Senate - Filed March 6, 2019; March 14, 2019, read | ||
first time and referred to Committee on Education; April 8, 2019, | ||
reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the | ||
following vote: Yeas 10, Nays 0; April 8, 2019, sent to printer.) | ||
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1731 | By: Paxton |
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relating to certain eligibility requirements for issuance of a | ||
teaching certificate. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. The heading to Section 21.050, Education Code, | ||
is amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 21.050. ACADEMIC DEGREE REQUIRED FOR TEACHING | ||
CERTIFICATE; FIELD-BASED EXPERIENCE OR INTERNSHIP. | ||
SECTION 2. Sections 21.050(a) and (b), Education Code, are | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) A person who applies for a teaching certificate for | ||
which board rules require a bachelor's degree must possess a | ||
bachelor's degree received with an academic major, including | ||
education, or interdisciplinary academic major, including reading, | ||
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prescribed under Subchapter A, Chapter 28. | ||
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minimum number of semester credit hours of field-based experience | ||
or internship to be included in the credit hours needed for | ||
certification. The board may propose rules requiring additional | ||
credit hours for certification in bilingual education, English as a | ||
second language, early childhood education, or special education. | ||
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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