By: Schwertner  S.B. No. 1087
         (In the Senate - Filed February 22, 2023; March 9, 2023,
  read first time and referred to Committee on Education;
  April 24, 2023, reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 12,
  Nays 0; April 24, 2023, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to authorization and reimbursement for certain
  examination fee subsidies paid for public school teachers and
  students.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Sections 29.190(a-1) and (b), Education Code,
  are amended to read as follows:
         (a-1)  A student may [not] receive more than one subsidy
  under this section.
         (b)  A teacher is entitled to a subsidy under this section if
  the teacher passes a certification examination related to career
  and technology education [cybersecurity].
         SECTION 2.  Section 48.156, Education Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         Sec. 48.156.  CERTIFICATION EXAMINATION REIMBURSEMENT. A
  school district is entitled to reimbursement for the amount of a
  subsidy paid by the district for each [a student's] certification
  examination under Section 29.190(a) as provided by Section
  29.190(c).
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
 
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