By: Lucio S.B. No. 1555
 
 
 
   
 
 
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.  Section 21.048(a), 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
  rules must:
               (1)  require each educator to perform satisfactorily on
  each section of an examination for an educator to be considered to
  have performed satisfactorily on the examination as a whole; and
               (2)  establish for each examination a rigorous minimum
  score indicating satisfactory performance.
         SECTION 2.  Not later than January 1, 2014, the State Board
  for Educator Certification shall propose rules relating to
  certification examinations as provided by Section 21.048(a),
  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.