Bill Text: TX HB1300 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Relating to eligibility requirements for admission of certain persons to educator preparation programs.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)

Status: (Passed) 2015-06-16 - Effective on 9/1/15 [HB1300 Detail]

Download: Texas-2015-HB1300-Enrolled.html

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H.B. No. 1300

AN ACT
relating to eligibility requirements for admission of certain
persons to educator preparation programs.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 21.0441(b), Education Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(b) The board's rules must permit an educator preparation
program to admit in extraordinary circumstances a person who fails
to satisfy a grade point average requirement prescribed by
Subsection (a)(1)(A) or (B), provided that:
(1) not more than 10 percent of the total number of
persons admitted to the program in a year fail to satisfy the
requirement under Subsection (a)(1)(A) or (B);
(2) each person admitted as described by this
subsection performs, before admission, at a satisfactory level on
an appropriate subject matter examination for each subject in which
the person seeks certification; and
(3) [(2)] for each person admitted as described by
this subsection, the director of the program determines and
certifies, based on documentation provided by the person, that the
person's work, business, or career experience demonstrates
achievement comparable to the academic achievement represented by
the grade point average requirement.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1300 was passed by the House on May
12, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 141, Nays 2, 2 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1300 was passed by the Senate on May
22, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor