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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the issuance of school district teaching permits to |
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persons who teach career and technical education. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 21.055, Education Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (d-1) to read as |
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follows: |
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(b) To be eligible for a school district teaching permit |
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under this section, a person must hold a baccalaureate degree. |
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[This subsection does not apply to a person who will teach only
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career and technology education.] |
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(d-1) Subsections (b), (c), and (d) do not apply to a person |
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who will teach only career and technical education. A school board |
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may issue a school district teaching permit to a person who will |
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teach courses only in career and technical education based upon |
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qualifications certified by the superintendent of the school |
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district. Qualifications must include demonstrated subject matter |
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expertise obtained through professional work experience, or formal |
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training and education, or a combination thereof. The |
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superintendent of the school district shall certify to the school |
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board that the new employee has undergone a criminal background |
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check and is capable of proper classroom management. A school |
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district shall require the new employee to obtain at least twenty |
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(20) hours of classroom management training, and shall comply with |
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continuing education requirements as determined by the school |
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board. The person may teach a career and technical education course |
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immediately upon issuance of the permit. The school board, |
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promptly after employing a person under this subsection, shall send |
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to the commissioner a written statement identifying the person, the |
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course(s) the person will teach, and the person's qualifications to |
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teach the course(s). |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2015-2016 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 3. 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, 2015. |