By: Allen (Senate Sponsor - Davis) H.B. No. 1334

(In the Senate - Received from the House April 11, 2011; April 20, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on Education; May 19, 2011, reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 6, Nays 1; May 19, 2011, sent to printer.)

COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 1334 By: Davis

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the effect of a delay by the State Board for Educator Certification in renewing an educator's certification.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 21.0031, Education Code, is amended by adding Subsection (f) to read as follows:

(f) For purposes of this section, a certificate or permit is not considered to have expired if:

(1) the employee has completed the requirements for renewal of the certificate or permit;

(2) the employee submitted the request for renewal prior to the expiration date; and

(3) the date the certificate or permit would have expired is before the date the State Board for Educator Certification takes action to approve the renewal of the certificate or permit.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2011.

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