TITLE: Relating to requirements for state educator certification examinations.

SUMMARY: Relating to requirements for state educator certification examinations.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to requirements for state educator certification examinations. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 21.048(a), Education Code, is amended to read as follows: (a) The board shall propose rules prescribing comprehensive examinations for each class of certificate issued by the board. The rules must: (1) require each educator to perform satisfactorily on each section of an examination for an educator to be considered to have performed satisfactorily on the examination as a whole; and (2) establish for each examination a rigorous minimum score indicating satisfactory performance. SECTION 2. Not later than January 1, 2014, the State Board for Educator Certification shall propose rules relating to certification examinations as provided by Section 21.048(a), Education Code, as amended by this Act. 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.