JLM C.S.H.B. 2122 75(R) BILL ANALYSIS PUBLIC EDUCATION C.S.H.B. 2122 By: McReynolds 5-2-97 Committee Report (Substituted) BACKGROUND Current law allows a school district to issue a school district teaching permit and employ as a teacher a person who does not hold a teaching certificate. To be eligible for a school district teaching permit, a person must hold a baccalaureate degree. The school district, upon hiring the person, must send to the commissioner a written statement identifying the person, the person's qualifications as a teacher, and the subject or class the person will teach. The commissioner has the authority to reject the permit within 30 days. PURPOSE As proposed, HB 2122 would enhance the requirements of non-certified personnel who are issued school district teaching permits and limit the period of validity for the permit. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY It is the committee's opinion that this bill expressly grants rulemaking authority to the State Board for Educator Certification in Section 1 and Section 2. SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS SECTION 1. Amends Texas Education Code, Chapter 21, Subchapter B, Section 21.055 (b) and (c) and adds Subsections (f) through (i) to: (b) amends current law to add as a requirement to a school district teaching permit an academic background or work experience related to the subject or class that the person will teach. (c) amends current law to be eligible for a school district teaching permit to teach a career and technology education subject or class, a person must have work experience related to the subject or class. (f) amends current law by stating the school district teaching permit is valid until the person satisfies the requirements adopted under Section 21.041(b) (10) or until a date set by the board. (g) requires that a person employed under a school district teaching permit is subject to the code of ethics proposed by the board under Section 21.041(b) (8). It also gives the board, in accordance with rules proposed under Section 21.041(b) (7), the ability to sanction a school district teaching permit. (h) allows a person who holds or has held a school district teaching permit to obtain a teaching certificate issued under rules proposed under Section 21.041(b) (10). (i) requires that a district may revoke a school district teaching permit for cause. A district shall notify the commissioner in writing not later than the 10th day after the date of revocation. SECTION 2. Amends Section 21.041 (b), Education Code (10) amends current law by requiring the State Board of Educator Certification to provide for rules for certification of persons holding school district teaching permits. SECTION 3. Effective Date SECTION 4. Emergency clause. COMPARISON OF ORIGINAL TO SUBSTITUTE SECTION 1. HB 2122 only allowed a school district to issue one school district teaching permit. CSHB 2122 does not include a one year limit on a school district teaching permit as did HB 2122. CSHB 2122 allows a school district teaching permit until the person satisfies the requirements adopted under Section 21.041(b) (10) or until a date set by the board. CSHB 2122 adds as a requirement to a school district teaching permit an academic background or work experience related to the subject or class that the person will teach. CSHB 2122 adds to be eligible for a school district teaching permit to teach a career and technology education subject or class, a person must have work experience related to the subject or class. CSHB 2122 gives the board, in accordance with rules proposed under Section 21.041(b) (7), the ability to sanction a school district teaching permit. HB 2122 stated that a person whose school district teaching permit is revoked for a violation of the code of ethics is not eligible for a school district teaching permit issued by another district or a teaching certificate issued under rules proposed under Section 21.041(b) (10). The commissioner should also determine whether a person is ineligible under this subsection.