BILL ANALYSIS |
H.B. 2964 |
By: Davis, Yvonne |
Public Education |
Committee Report (Unamended) |
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE
It has been reported that educators who engage in an improper relationship with a student have their educator certification revoked, canceled, or suspended. As a result of the loss of their certification, these individuals lose their employment with a public school district. However, concerns have been raised regarding the potential for these individuals to obtain employment with an open-enrollment charter school. H.B. 2964 seeks to address this issue by prohibiting a charter school from employing an individual whose educator certification has been revoked, canceled, suspended, or placed on restriction in response to certain misconduct.
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE IMPACT
It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly create a criminal offense, increase the punishment for an existing criminal offense or category of offenses, or change the eligibility of a person for community supervision, parole, or mandatory supervision.
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RULEMAKING AUTHORITY
It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution.
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ANALYSIS
H.B. 2964 amends the Education Code to prohibit the employment of a person by an open‑enrollment charter school if, based on the person's misconduct that presents a risk to the health, safety, or welfare of a student or minor: · the State Board for Educator Certification has: o revoked, canceled, suspended, or placed restrictions on the person's educator certification; or o refused to issue an educator certificate to the person; or · the board of trustees of a public school district has: o revoked the person's district teaching permit; or o refused to issue a district teaching permit to the person.
H.B. 2964 sets out the misconduct that presents a risk to the health, safety, or welfare of a student or minor for purposes of the bill's provisions.
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EFFECTIVE DATE
On passage, or, if the bill does not receive the necessary vote, September 1, 2019.
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