By: Gervin-Hawkins, Guillen, Phelan H.B. No. 3349
        (Senate Sponsor - Taylor of Collin)
         (In the Senate - Received from the House May 15, 2017;
  May 19, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on
  Education; May 22, 2017, reported favorably by the following vote:  
  Yeas 8, Nays 1; May 22, 2017, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to creating an abbreviated certification program and
  probationary and standard certificates for trade and industrial
  workforce training.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 21, Education Code, is
  amended by adding Sections 21.0442 and 21.0491 to read as follows:
         Sec. 21.0442.  EDUCATOR PREPARATION PROGRAM FOR
  PROBATIONARY AND STANDARD TRADE AND INDUSTRIAL WORKFORCE TRAINING
  CERTIFICATES. (a) The board shall propose rules under this
  subchapter to create an abbreviated educator preparation program
  for a person seeking certification in trade and industrial
  workforce training.
         (b)  A person is eligible for admission to an educator
  preparation program created under this section only if the person:
               (1)  has been issued a high school diploma or a
  postsecondary credential, certificate, or degree;
               (2)  has seven years of full-time wage-earning
  experience within the preceding 10 years in an approved occupation
  for which instruction is offered;
               (3)  holds with respect to that occupation a current
  license, certificate, or registration, as applicable, issued by a
  nationally recognized accrediting agency based on a recognized test
  or measurement; and
               (4)  within the period described by Subdivision (2),
  has not been the subject of a complaint filed with a licensing
  entity or other agency that regulates the occupation of the person,
  other than a complaint that was determined baseless or unfounded by
  that entity or agency.
         (c)  In proposing rules for an educator preparation program
  under this section, the board shall ensure that the program
  requires at least 80 hours of classroom instruction in:
               (1)  a specific pedagogy;
               (2)  creating lesson plans;
               (3)  creating student assessment instruments;
               (4)  classroom management; and
               (5)  relevant federal and state education laws.
         Sec. 21.0491.  PROBATIONARY AND STANDARD TRADE AND
  INDUSTRIAL WORKFORCE TRAINING CERTIFICATES. (a) To provide a
  continuing additional source of teachers to provide workforce
  training, the board shall establish a probationary trade and
  industrial workforce training certificate and a standard trade and
  industrial workforce training certificate that may be obtained
  through an abbreviated educator preparation program under Section
  21.0442.
         (b)  To be eligible for a probationary certificate under this
  section, a person must:
               (1)  satisfactorily complete the course work for that
  certificate in an educator preparation program under Section
  21.0442; and
               (2)  satisfy any other requirements prescribed by the
  board.
         (c)  To be eligible for a standard certificate under this
  section, a person must:
               (1)  hold a probationary certificate issued under this
  section; 
               (2)  be employed by:
                     (A)  a public or private primary or secondary
  school; or
                     (B)  an institution of higher education or an
  independent or private institution of higher education as those
  terms are defined by Section 61.003; and
               (3)  perform satisfactorily on a standard trade and
  industrial workforce training certificate examination prescribed
  by the board.
         (d)  The limitation imposed by Section 21.048(a-1) on the
  number of administrations of an examination does not apply to the
  administration of the standard trade and industrial workforce
  training certificate examination prescribed by the board.
         (e)  Notwithstanding any other law, the board may administer
  the standard trade and industrial workforce training certificate
  examination to a person who satisfies the requirements of
  Subsections (c)(1) and (2).
         (f)  The board shall propose rules to:
               (1)  specify the term of a probationary certificate and
  a standard certificate issued under this section; and
               (2)  establish the requirements for renewal of a
  standard certificate.
         SECTION 2.  The State Board for Educator Certification shall
  propose rules:
               (1)  establishing requirements for a probationary
  trade and industrial workforce training certificate as required by
  Section 21.0491, Education Code, as added by this Act;
               (2)  prescribing an examination for a standard trade
  and industrial workforce training certificate examination as
  required by Section 21.0491, Education Code, as added by this Act;
  and
               (3)  establishing standards to govern the approval and
  renewal of approval of educator preparation programs for
  certification in trade and industrial workforce training.
         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, 2017.
 
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