TITLE: Relating to training requirements for public school educators.

SUMMARY: Relating to training requirements for public school educators.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to training requirements for public school educators. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 21.4515, Education Code, is amended by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows: (b) Except as provided by Subsection (b-1), to [To] the extent of any conflict, a frequency requirement for the completion of training provided by statute prevails over a frequency requirement for that training included in the policy adopted by the board of trustees of a school district or the governing body of an open-enrollment charter school under Subsection (a). (b-1) Notwithstanding any other law, the policy adopted by the board of trustees of a school district or the governing body of an open-enrollment charter school under Subsection (a) may provide for an educator employed by the district or school who would otherwise be required by statute to complete a training annually to complete that training every other year. SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2025-2026 school year. 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.