Bill Text: TX SB859 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to authorization and reimbursement for certain examination fee subsidies paid for public school teachers and students.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-22 - Filed [SB859 Detail]

Download: Texas-2025-SB859-Introduced.html

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89R8128 PRL-F
By: Schwertner S.B. No. 859

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to authorization and reimbursement for certain
examination fee subsidies paid for public school teachers and
students.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 29.190(a-1) and (b), Education Code,
are amended to read as follows:
(a-1) A student may [not] receive more than one subsidy
under this section.
(b) A teacher is entitled to a subsidy under this section if
the teacher passes a certification examination related to career
and technology education [cybersecurity].
SECTION 2. Section 48.156, Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 48.156. CERTIFICATION EXAMINATION REIMBURSEMENT. A
school district is entitled to reimbursement for the amount of a
subsidy paid by the district for each [a student's] certification
examination under Section 29.190(a) as provided by Section
29.190(c).
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.