Bill Text: TX HB3349 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Comm Sub

Texas House Bill 3349 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Bill Title: Relating to creating an abbreviated certification program and probationary and standard certificates for trade and industrial workforce training.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2017-06-15 - See remarks for effective date [HB3349 Detail]

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	By: Gervin-Hawkins, Guillen, Phelan	H.B. No. 3349
	(Senate Sponsor - Taylor of Collin)
	(In the Senate - Received from the House May 15, 2017;
	May 19, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on
	Education; May 22, 2017, reported favorably by the following vote:
	Yeas 8, Nays 1; May 22, 2017, sent to printer.)
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	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT

	relating to creating an abbreviated certification program and
	probationary and standard certificates for trade and industrial
	workforce training.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 21, Education Code, is
	amended by adding Sections 21.0442 and 21.0491 to read as follows:
	Sec. 21.0442. EDUCATOR PREPARATION PROGRAM FOR
	PROBATIONARY AND STANDARD TRADE AND INDUSTRIAL WORKFORCE TRAINING
	CERTIFICATES. (a) The board shall propose rules under this
	subchapter to create an abbreviated educator preparation program
	for a person seeking certification in trade and industrial
	workforce training.
	(b) A person is eligible for admission to an educator
	preparation program created under this section only if the person:
	(1) has been issued a high school diploma or a
	postsecondary credential, certificate, or degree;
	(2) has seven years of full-time wage-earning
	experience within the preceding 10 years in an approved occupation
	for which instruction is offered;
	(3) holds with respect to that occupation a current
	license, certificate, or registration, as applicable, issued by a
	nationally recognized accrediting agency based on a recognized test
	or measurement; and
	(4) within the period described by Subdivision (2),
	has not been the subject of a complaint filed with a licensing
	entity or other agency that regulates the occupation of the person,
	other than a complaint that was determined baseless or unfounded by
	that entity or agency.
	(c) In proposing rules for an educator preparation program
	under this section, the board shall ensure that the program
	requires at least 80 hours of classroom instruction in:
	(1) a specific pedagogy;
	(2) creating lesson plans;
	(3) creating student assessment instruments;
	(4) classroom management; and
	(5) relevant federal and state education laws.
	Sec. 21.0491. PROBATIONARY AND STANDARD TRADE AND
	INDUSTRIAL WORKFORCE TRAINING CERTIFICATES. (a) To provide a
	continuing additional source of teachers to provide workforce
	training, the board shall establish a probationary trade and
	industrial workforce training certificate and a standard trade and
	industrial workforce training certificate that may be obtained
	through an abbreviated educator preparation program under Section
	21.0442.
	(b) To be eligible for a probationary certificate under this
	section, a person must:
	(1) satisfactorily complete the course work for that
	certificate in an educator preparation program under Section
	21.0442; and
	(2) satisfy any other requirements prescribed by the
	board.
	(c) To be eligible for a standard certificate under this
	section, a person must:
	(1) hold a probationary certificate issued under this
	section;
	(2) be employed by:
	(A) a public or private primary or secondary
	school; or
	(B) an institution of higher education or an
	independent or private institution of higher education as those
	terms are defined by Section 61.003; and
	(3) perform satisfactorily on a standard trade and
	industrial workforce training certificate examination prescribed
	by the board.
	(d) The limitation imposed by Section 21.048(a-1) on the
	number of administrations of an examination does not apply to the
	administration of the standard trade and industrial workforce
	training certificate examination prescribed by the board.
	(e) Notwithstanding any other law, the board may administer
	the standard trade and industrial workforce training certificate
	examination to a person who satisfies the requirements of
	Subsections (c)(1) and (2).
	(f) The board shall propose rules to:
	(1) specify the term of a probationary certificate and
	a standard certificate issued under this section; and
	(2) establish the requirements for renewal of a
	standard certificate.
	SECTION 2. The State Board for Educator Certification shall
	propose rules:
	(1) establishing requirements for a probationary
	trade and industrial workforce training certificate as required by
	Section 21.0491, Education Code, as added by this Act;
	(2) prescribing an examination for a standard trade
	and industrial workforce training certificate examination as
	required by Section 21.0491, Education Code, as added by this Act;
	and
	(3) establishing standards to govern the approval and
	renewal of approval of educator preparation programs for
	certification in trade and industrial workforce training.
	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
	Act takes effect September 1, 2017.

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