Amend CSHB 1468 (senate committee printing) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS accordingly:
SECTION ____. Section 21.001, Education Code, is amended by adding Subdivisions (4) and (5) to read as follows:
(4) "Virtual instruction" means instructional activities delivered to students primarily over the Internet.
(5) "Virtual learning" means digital learning facilitated by virtual instruction.
SECTION ____. Section 21.044(c-2), Education Code, is amended to read as follows:
(c-2) Any minimum academic qualifications for a certificate specified under Subsection (a) that require a person to possess a bachelor's degree must also require that the person receive, as part of the training required to obtain that certificate, instruction in digital learning, virtual learning, and virtual instruction, including a digital literacy evaluation followed by a prescribed digital learning curriculum. The instruction required must:
(1) be aligned with the International Society for Technology in Education's standards for teachers;
(2) provide effective, evidence-based strategies to determine a person's degree of digital literacy; [and]
(3) cover best practices in:
(A) assessing students receiving virtual instruction, based on academic progress; and
(B) developing a virtual learning curriculum; and
(4) include resources to address any deficiencies identified by the digital literacy evaluation.