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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to employment by open-enrollment charter schools of |
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certain persons as teachers. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 12.120, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: |
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(a-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), an open-enrollment |
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charter school may employ a person as a teacher if: |
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(1) a school district could employ the person as a |
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classroom teacher; or |
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(2) a school district could employ the person as a |
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classroom teacher if the person held the appropriate certificate |
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issued under Subchapter B, Chapter 21, and the person has never held |
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a teaching certificate issued under Subchapter B, Chapter 21. |
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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, 2013. |