Bill Text: TX SB168 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to temporary waiver of superintendent certification for employment of public school district superintendents.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-06-19 - Effective immediately [SB168 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-SB168-Enrolled.html
| S.B. No. 168 | ||
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| relating to temporary waiver of superintendent certification for | ||
| employment of public school district superintendents. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 21.003, Education Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: | ||
| (c) The commissioner may waive the requirement for | ||
| certification of a superintendent if requested by a school district | ||
| as provided by Section 7.056. A person who is not certified as a | ||
| superintendent may not be employed by a school district as the | ||
| superintendent before the person has received a waiver of | ||
| certification from the commissioner. The commissioner may limit | ||
| the waiver of certification in any manner the commissioner | ||
| determines is appropriate. A person may be designated to act as a | ||
| temporary or interim superintendent for a school district, but the | ||
| district may not employ the person under a contract as | ||
| superintendent unless the person has been certified or a waiver has | ||
| been granted. | ||
| SECTION 2. A school district that on the effective date of | ||
| this Act employs a person as superintendent who does not hold a | ||
| superintendent certificate must obtain from the commissioner of | ||
| education a temporary waiver of the certification requirement not | ||
| later than October 1, 2015. | ||
| 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, 2015. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 168 passed the Senate on | ||
| April 20, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 168 passed the House on | ||
| May 27, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, | ||
| two present not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| Approved: | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
