Bill Text: TX HB4656 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to the creation of a temporary educator certificate for educators certified by other states.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 21-7)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-05-18 - Left pending in committee [HB4656 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB4656-Engrossed.html
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| By: Thimesch, Cunningham, King of Hemphill, | H.B. No. 4656 | |
| Harris of Anderson, Hefner, et al. | ||
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| relating to the creation of a temporary educator certificate for | ||
| educators certified by other states. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 21, Education Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 21.0521 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 21.0521. TEMPORARY CERTIFICATION OF EDUCATORS FROM | ||
| OUTSIDE THIS STATE. (a) The board shall: | ||
| (1) establish a temporary educator certificate for | ||
| educators certified by other states; and | ||
| (2) immediately issue a certificate described by | ||
| Subdivision (1) to a person who applies for a certificate issued | ||
| under Section 21.052. | ||
| (b) The board may rescind a temporary educator certificate | ||
| issued to a person under this section if the board determines as a | ||
| result of a review of the person's credentials that the person does | ||
| not meet the eligibility requirements under Subsection (c). | ||
| (c) To be eligible for a temporary educator certificate | ||
| issued under this section, a person must: | ||
| (1) hold a valid, unexpired, non-temporary | ||
| certificate or similar credential in another state that qualifies | ||
| the person to be employed as an educator in that state; and | ||
| (2) hold a bachelor's degree from an institution of | ||
| higher education that is, and at the time the person received the | ||
| degree was, accredited. | ||
| (d) Except as provided by Subsection (e), a temporary | ||
| educator certificate issued under this section expires on the | ||
| earlier of: | ||
| (1) the first anniversary of the date the certificate | ||
| is issued; or | ||
| (2) the date the person is issued a certificate under | ||
| Section 21.052. | ||
| (e) A temporary educator certificate issued under this | ||
| section to an educator who is the spouse of a person serving on | ||
| active duty as a member of the armed forces of the United States, as | ||
| those terms are defined by Section 55.001, Occupations Code, | ||
| expires on the third anniversary of the date the certificate is | ||
| issued or a later date specified by board rule. | ||
| (f) A temporary educator certificate issued under this | ||
| section may not be reissued or renewed. | ||
| SECTION 2. Sections 21.052(c), (d), (d-1), (e), and (i)(1) | ||
| and (2), Education Code, are repealed. | ||
| SECTION 3. As soon as practicable after the effective date | ||
| of this Act, the State Board for Educator Certification shall adopt | ||
| rules necessary to implement Section 21.0521, Education Code, as | ||
| added by this Act. | ||
| SECTION 4. 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, 2023. | ||
