Floor Packet Page No. 75 Amend CSSB 4 by adding the following appropriately numbered section and renumbering subsequent sections. SECTION _____. Subchapter B, Chapter 21, Education Code, is amended by adding Section 21.057 to read as follows: Sec. 21.057 NOTICE TO PARENT OF CERTIFICATION STATUS. (a) For purposes of this section: (1) "Inappropriately certified or uncertified teacher": (A) does include: (i) an individual serving on an emergency certificate issued under Section 21.041(b) (2); (ii) a certified teacher assigned to teach a class or classes outside his or her area of certification, as determined by rules proposed by the board specifying the certificate required for each assignment; or (iii) an individual who does not hold any certificate or permit issued under this chapter and is not employed as specified by Subdivision (2) (E); and (B) does not include an individual: (i) serving on a certificate issued due to a hearing impairment under Section 21.048; (ii) serving on a certificate issued pursuant to enrollment in an approved alternative certification program under Section 21.049; (iii) certified by another state or country and serving on a certificate issued under Section 21.052; (iv) serving on a school district teaching permit issued under Section 21.055; or (v) employed under a waiver granted by the commissioner of education pursuant to Section 7.056. (2) "Parent" includes a guardian, conservator, or other person having lawful control of a student. (b) If a superintendent anticipates that a course will be taught by an inappropriately certified or uncertified person for 30 or more consecutive instructional days, or if in fact allows a course to be taught by an inappropriately certified or uncertified person for 30 or more consecutive instructional days, the superintendent must at that time notify in writing the parents of each student enrolled in the course. (c) If the primary language of a parent receiving notice under this section is a language other than English, the superintendent must make a good faith effort to provide the notice in English and the parent's primary language. (d) A superintendent providing notice under this section must retain copies of the notice on file for public inspection.