Bill Text: TX SB544 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the issuance of a temporary teaching certificate to and requirements regarding educator certification for certain persons with experience as instructors for the Community College of the Air Force.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-1)
Status: (Passed) 2023-06-18 - Effective on 9/1/23 [SB544 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB544-Enrolled.html
| S.B. No. 544 | ||
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| relating to the issuance of a temporary teaching certificate to and | ||
| requirements regarding educator certification for certain persons | ||
| with experience as instructors for the Community College of the Air | ||
| Force. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 21, Education Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 21.0525 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 21.0525. CERTIFICATION OF CERTAIN MILITARY | ||
| INSTRUCTORS; TEMPORARY TEACHING CERTIFICATE. (a) The board shall | ||
| propose rules providing for a person who holds a bachelor's degree | ||
| and has at least two semesters' experience as a full-time | ||
| instructor for the Community College of the Air Force to: | ||
| (1) be issued a temporary teaching certificate on the | ||
| person's enrollment in an educator preparation program; and | ||
| (2) receive credit for the person's education, | ||
| training, and clinical or professional experience as an instructor | ||
| for the Community College of the Air Force toward the requirements | ||
| for completion of an educator preparation program, including | ||
| requirements regarding coursework, field-based experience, or | ||
| clinical experience. | ||
| (b) A temporary teaching certificate issued under this | ||
| section is valid for a term of one year from the date of issuance. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 544 passed the Senate on | ||
| April 20, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that | ||
| the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 26, 2023, by the | ||
| following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 544 passed the House, with | ||
| amendment, on May 24, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 138, | ||
| Nays 5, one present not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| Approved: | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
