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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the effect of a delay by the State Board for Educator |
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Certification in renewing an educator's certification. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 21.0031, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (f) to read as follows: |
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(f) For purposes of this section, a certificate or permit is |
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not considered to have expired if: |
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(1) the employee has completed the requirements for |
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renewal of the certificate or permit; and |
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(2) the date the certificate or permit would have |
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expired is before the date the State Board for Educator |
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Certification takes action to approve the renewal of the |
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certificate or permit. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |