By: Lucio S.B. No. 1555
 
  (Villarreal)
 
   
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to requirements for state educator certification
  examinations.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subsection (a), Section 21.048, Education Code,
  is amended to read as follows:
         (a)  The board shall propose rules prescribing comprehensive
  examinations for each class of certificate issued by the board.  The
  board shall determine the satisfactory level of performance
  required for each certification examination.  For the issuance of a
  generalist certificate, the board shall require a satisfactory
  level of examination performance in each core subject covered by
  the examination.
         SECTION 2.  Not later than January 1, 2014, the State Board
  for Educator Certification shall determine performance levels for
  certification examinations as provided by Subsection (a), Section
  21.048, Education Code, as amended by this Act.
         SECTION 3.  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, 2013.