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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the issuance of an educator certificate to certain |
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applicants from outside this state. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 21.052(a), Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) The board may issue a certificate to an educator who |
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applies for a certificate and: |
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(1) holds: |
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(A) a degree issued by an institution accredited |
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by a regional accrediting agency or group that is recognized by a |
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nationally recognized accreditation board; or |
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(B) a degree issued by an institution located in |
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a foreign country, if the degree is equivalent to a degree described |
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by Paragraph (A); and |
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(2) holds an appropriate certificate or other |
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credential issued by another state or country[; and |
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[(3) performs satisfactorily on: |
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[(A) the examination prescribed under Section |
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21.048; or |
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[(B) if the educator holds a certificate or other |
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credential issued by another state or country, an examination |
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similar to and at least as rigorous as that described by Paragraph |
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(A) administered to the educator under the authority of that |
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state]. |
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SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 21, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 21.0521 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 21.0521. NASDTEC INTERSTATE AGREEMENT. The board |
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shall establish an agreement regarding certification of educators |
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from outside this state for purposes of entering into the National |
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Association of State Directors of Teacher Education and |
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Certification interstate agreement. The agreement must specify |
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which educator certificates from outside this state are accepted by |
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the board for purposes of issuing a certificate to an educator under |
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Section 21.052. |
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SECTION 3. Sections 21.052(a-1), (c), (d), (d-1), and (e), |
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Education Code, are repealed. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |