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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to lapsed teacher certification due to a delay in agency |
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processing. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subsections (a) and (e), Section 21.0031, |
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Education Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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(a) An employee's probationary, continuing, or term |
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contract under this chapter is void if the employee[:
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[(1)] does not hold a certificate or permit issued by the |
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State Board for Educator Certification[; or
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[(2)
fails to fulfill the requirements necessary to extend
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the employee's temporary or emergency certificate or permit]. |
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(e) This section does not apply to a certified teacher |
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assigned to teach a subject for which the teacher is not certified |
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or to an employee who has held a standard certificate, permit, or |
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other type of certification under this chapter that requires |
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renewal and who has timely fulfilled the requirements necessary for |
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renewal, notwithstanding any delay in processing the renewal that |
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is not within the control of the employee. |
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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. |