bill giving veterans and first responders temporary teaching certificates

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89R3499 JDK-D

By: Shaheen
H.B. No. 906

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to a temporary teaching certificate for certain military

service members and first responders.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Sections 21.0444(b) and (c), Education Code, are

amended to read as follows:

(b) This section applies to a person seeking teaching

certification [ to teach career and technology education ] who:

(1) has served in the armed forces of the United States

and was honorably discharged, retired, or released from active

duty; or

(2) has served as a first responder and, while in good

standing and not because of pending or final disciplinary actions

or a documented performance problem, retired, resigned, or

separated from employment as a first responder.

(c) The board shall propose rules under this subchapter

providing for the issuance of a temporary teaching certificate [ to

teach career and technology education ] to a person described by

Subsection (b) who meets all other eligibility requirements for

standard teaching certification [ to teach career and technology

education ], except that the person may substitute for a requirement

that the person hold:

(1) an associate degree from an accredited institution

of higher education, 48 months of active duty military service or

service as a first responder; or

(2) a bachelor's degree:

(A) the military service or service as a first

responder described by Subdivision (1); and

(B) 60 semester credit hours completed at a

public or private institution of higher education with a minimum

grade point average of at least 2.50 on a four-point scale.

SECTION 2. Section 21.458(a-2), Education Code, is amended

to read as follows:

(a-2) A school district shall assign a mentor teacher to a

classroom teacher who has been issued a temporary teaching

certificate [ to teach career and technology education ] under

Section 21.0444 for at least two school years.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.