85R15253 MEW-F
 
  By: Hughes S.B. No. 1839
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the preparation, certification, and classification of
  public school educators.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 21.043, Education Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         Sec. 21.043.  ACCESS TO PEIMS DATA.  (a)  The agency shall
  provide the board with access to data obtained under the Public
  Education Information Management System (PEIMS).
         (b)  The agency shall provide educator preparation programs
  with data based on information reported through the Public
  Education Information Management System (PEIMS) that enables an
  educator preparation program to:
               (1)  assess the impact of the program; and
               (2)  revise the program as needed to improve the design
  and effectiveness of the program.
         (c)  The agency in coordination with the board shall solicit
  input from education preparation programs to determine information
  for educator preparation programs to report through the Public
  Education Information Management System (PEIMS).
         SECTION 2.  Section 21.045, Education Code, is amended by
  adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
         (d)  To assist an educator preparation program in improving
  the design and effectiveness of the program in preparing educators
  for the classroom, the agency shall provide to each program any data
  reported by the program to the agency under Subsection (b) relating
  to the program that is compiled and analyzed by the agency.
         SECTION 3.  Sections 21.052(a), (c), and (d), Education
  Code, are amended to read as follows:
         (a)  The board may issue a certificate to an educator who
  applies for a certificate and:
               (1)  holds:
                     (A)  a degree issued by an institution accredited
  by a regional accrediting agency or group that is recognized by a
  nationally recognized accreditation board; or
                     (B)  a degree issued by an institution located in
  a foreign country, if the degree is equivalent to a degree described
  by Paragraph (A); and
               (2)  holds an appropriate certificate or other
  credential issued by another state or country for which the
  educator performed [; and
               [(3)  performs] satisfactorily on [:
                     [(A)     the examination prescribed under Section
  21.048; or
                     [(B)     if the educator holds a certificate or other
  credential issued by another state or country,] an examination
  [similar to and at least as rigorous as that described by Paragraph
  (A)] administered to the educator under the authority of that state
  that is similar to and at least as rigorous as the examination
  prescribed under Section 21.048.
         (c)  The board may issue a temporary certificate under this
  section to an educator who holds a degree required by Subsection
  (a)(1), holds [and] a certificate or other credential required by
  Subsection (a)(2), and has complied with the criminal history
  record information review application requirement but who has not
  satisfied other application [the] requirements [prescribed by
  Subsection (a)(3)].  Subject to Subsection (d), the board may
  specify the term of a temporary certificate issued under this
  subsection.
         (d)  A temporary certificate issued under Subsection (c) to
  an educator employed by a school district that has constructed or
  expanded at least one instructional facility as a result of
  increased student enrollment due to actions taken under the Defense
  Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 (10 U.S.C. Section 2687)
  may not expire before the first anniversary of the date on which the
  board completes the review of the educator's credentials [and
  informs the educator of the examination or examinations under
  Section 21.048 on which the educator must perform successfully to
  receive a standard certificate].
         SECTION 4.  Section 30A.112(b), Education Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (b)  The state virtual school network may provide or
  authorize providers of electronic professional development courses
  to provide professional development for:
               (1)  teachers who are teaching subjects or grade levels
  for which the teachers are not certified; or
               (2)  [teachers who must become highly qualified under
  Section 1119, No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (20 U.S.C. Section
  6319); or
               [(3)]  teachers who must become qualified under the
  Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. Section 1400
  et seq.).
         SECTION 5.  The following provisions of the Education Code
  are repealed:
               (1)  Section 21.005;
               (2)  Sections 21.052(e) and (g); and
               (3)  Section 21.057(e).
         SECTION 6.  Section 21.052, Education Code, as amended by
  this Act, applies only to an application submitted on or after the
  effective date of this Act. An application submitted before the
  effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect when the
  application was submitted, and the former law is continued in
  effect for that purpose.
         SECTION 7.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.