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79R6229 JRJ-F

By:  West, Royce                                                  S.B. No. 1185



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the qualifications of and training and continuing 
education for certain officials and personnel of career schools or 
colleges.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 132, Education Code, is 
amended by adding Section 132.0551 to read as follows:
	Sec. 132.0551.  QUALIFICATIONS, TRAINING, AND CONTINUING 
EDUCATION REQUIRED.  (a)  Each director of admissions and each 
full-time instructor employed by a career school or college must 
meet the minimum qualification and training requirements 
established by commission rule.
	(b)  The chief administrative officer of or an owner with 
supervisory authority over a career school or college must meet the 
minimum qualification and training requirements established by 
commission rule.
	(c)  The commission shall require a person described by 
Subsection (a) or (b) to complete not less than six hours each year 
of continuing education applicable to the position.
	(d)  The commission by rule shall establish the minimum 
qualification and training requirements and continuing education 
requirements for each position to which this section applies.
	(e)  In accordance with rules adopted for that purpose, the 
commission shall approve appropriate entities that the commission 
determines are qualified to provide the continuing education or 
training courses required by this section.  In approving an entity 
under this subsection, the commission shall consider the entity's 
ability to offer a curriculum that:
		(1)  addresses the applicable requirements for the 
positions for which the education or training is provided;
		(2)  addresses the statutes, rules, and federal 
regulations or guidelines applicable to the positions;
		(3)  includes any criteria required to receive or 
retain accreditation from a nationally recognized organization; 
and
		(4)  addresses any other curriculum needs of a 
continuing education or training course established under this 
section.
	(f)  Each career school or college shall maintain records of 
any continuing education or training received by school or college 
officials or personnel and shall make the records available for 
inspection during regular business hours on the premises of the 
school.  The records must indicate for which position the 
continuing education or training was received.
	(g)  Subsections (a), (b), and (c) do not apply to a person 
before September 1, 2006.  The commission by rule shall prescribe 
procedures by which a person described by Subsection (a) or (b) who 
is employed by a career school or college before that date may meet 
the requirements of the applicable subsection before that date.  
This subsection expires January 1, 2007.
	SECTION 2.  Section 132.056, Education Code, is amended by 
adding Subsection (g) to read as follows:
	(g)  Before the commission issues a certificate of approval 
or a renewal certificate of approval under this section, the 
commission may require a career school or college to comply with the 
requirements of Section 132.0551 and to submit evidence of that 
compliance to the commission.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.