Bill Text: TX SB2044 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the creation of a micro-credential certification program for public school educator continuing education.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-21 - Referred to Education [SB2044 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB2044-Introduced.html
| 86R11390 SRS-F | ||
| By: Fallon | S.B. No. 2044 | |
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| relating to the creation of a micro-credential certification | ||
| program for public school educator continuing education. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 21.054, Education Code, is amended by | ||
| amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (i) to read as | ||
| follows: | ||
| (a) The board shall propose rules establishing a process for | ||
| identifying continuing education courses and programs that fulfill | ||
| educators' continuing education requirements, including | ||
| opportunities for educators to receive micro-credentials in fields | ||
| of study related to the educator's certification class as provided | ||
| by Subsection (i). | ||
| (i) The board shall propose rules establishing a program to | ||
| issue micro-credentials in fields of study related to an educator's | ||
| certification class. The agency shall approve continuing education | ||
| providers to offer micro-credential courses. A micro-credential | ||
| received by an educator shall be recorded on the agency's Educator | ||
| Certification Online System (ECOS) and included as part of the | ||
| educator's public certification records. | ||
| SECTION 2. 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, 2019. | ||
