By McReynolds H.B. No. 2122
75R4522 ESH-F
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to school district teaching permits.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. Section 21.055, Education Code, is amended by
1-5 amending Subsection (e) and adding Subsections (f)-(i) to read as
1-6 follows:
1-7 (e) A person authorized to teach under this section may not
1-8 teach in another school district unless that district complies with
1-9 this section. Except as provided by Subsection (h), a [A] school
1-10 district teaching permit is [remains] valid for one year [unless
1-11 the district issuing the permit revokes it for cause]. A school
1-12 district may not issue a person more than one school district
1-13 teaching permit.
1-14 (f) A person employed under this section is subject to the
1-15 code of ethics proposed by the board under Section 21.041(b)(8).
1-16 (g) A person who holds or has held a school district
1-17 teaching permit may obtain a teaching certificate issued under
1-18 rules proposed under Section 21.041(b)(10).
1-19 (h) A school district may revoke a school district teaching
1-20 permit for cause. A district shall notify the commissioner in
1-21 writing of a revocation under this subsection not later than the
1-22 10th day after the date of the revocation.
1-23 (i) A person whose school district teaching permit is
1-24 revoked for a violation of the code of ethics is not eligible for a
2-1 school district teaching permit issued by another district or a
2-2 teaching certificate issued under rules proposed under Section
2-3 21.041(b)(10). The commissioner shall determine whether a person
2-4 is ineligible under this subsection.
2-5 SECTION 2. Section 21.041(b), Education Code, is amended to
2-6 read as follows:
2-7 (b) The board shall propose rules that:
2-8 (1) provide for the regulation of educators and the
2-9 general administration of this subchapter in a manner consistent
2-10 with this subchapter;
2-11 (2) specify the classes of educator certificates to be
2-12 issued, including emergency certificates;
2-13 (3) specify the period for which each class of
2-14 educator certificate is valid;
2-15 (4) specify the requirements for the issuance and
2-16 renewal of an educator certificate;
2-17 (5) provide for the issuance of an educator
2-18 certificate to a person who holds a similar certificate issued by
2-19 another state or foreign country, subject to Section 21.052;
2-20 (6) provide for special or restricted certification of
2-21 educators, including certification of instructors of American Sign
2-22 Language;
2-23 (7) provide for disciplinary proceedings, including
2-24 the suspension or revocation of an educator certificate, as
2-25 provided by Chapter 2001, Government Code;
2-26 (8) provide for the adoption, amendment, and
2-27 enforcement of an educator's code of ethics;
3-1 (9) provide for continuing education requirements;
3-2 and
3-3 (10) provide for certification of persons employed by
3-4 school districts under Section 21.055 [performing appraisals under
3-5 Subchapter H].
3-6 SECTION 3. This Act applies beginning with the 1997-1998
3-7 school year.
3-8 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the
3-9 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
3-10 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
3-11 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
3-12 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
3-13 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
3-14 passage, and it is so enacted.