Part 7.
STATE BOARD FOR EDUCATOR CERTIFICATION
Chapter 230.
PROFESSIONAL EDUCATOR PREPARATION AND CERTIFICATION
Subchapter G. CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENT FOR CLASSROOM TEACHERS
19 TAC §§230.191, 230.193 - 230.196, 230.198, 230.199
The State Board for Educator Certification (SBEC) adopts
on an emergency basis amendments to §§230.191, 230.193 - 230.196,
230.198, and 230.199, relating to certification requirement for classroom
teachers. The sections establish provisions relating to preparation required
in all programs (§230.191); teacher certificate--secondary (§230.193);
teacher certificate--all-level (§230.194); special education certificates
(§230.195); vocational agriculture certificates (§230.196); vocational
marketing education certificates (§230.198); and endorsements (§230.199).
The emergency amendments provide for the SBEC to cease issuing certain ExCET-based
certificates on September 1, 2007. The superseded certificates will remain
valid and SBEC will not require educators who hold one of these certificates
to obtain the corresponding new certificate. The amendments will allow for
an overlap of the superseded certificates and corresponding certification
exams.
The amendments are adopted on an emergency basis to take effect immediately
pursuant to §2001.034 of the Government Code, which allows a state agency
to adopt an emergency rule if the agency finds that a requirement of state
or federal law requires adoption of a rule on fewer than 30 days notice. The
SBEC finds that emergency amendments are necessary to comply with the requirements
of state and federal law. New certificates have been issued in the good faith
belief that amendments authorizing the certificates were validly adopted.
Absent the emergency amendments, applicants who apply for certificates before
regular amendments can be adopted will not be approved because no authority
will exist to grant the applications. These applicants will be penalized not
for meritorious reasons, but rather solely for the unfortunate timing of their
applications. The emergency rule actions are necessary to treat interim applicants
the same as those individuals who have previously been issued the new TExES-based
examination certificates.
With the exception of technical edits, the emergency amendments reflect
rule actions adopted by the SBEC in 2005. Specifically, the emergency amendments
accomplish the following.
In §230.191, language is added to subsections (c)(2)(A)(v), (c)(2)(B)(iii),
and (f) to allow provisions for the ExCET-based secondary Grades 6 -12 certificates
and all level prekindergarten-Grade 12 certificates to expire on September
1, 2007. Additional non-substantive, technical edits are also made to this
section.
In §230.193, language is modified in subsection (d) to allow provisions
relating to art, dance, journalism, speech communications, and theatre arts
to expire on September 1, 2007, and provisions relating to business and other
languages to expire on September 1, 2008.
In §230.194, language is added in subsection (c) to allow provisions
relating to art, speech communications-theatre arts, and theatre arts to expire
on September 1, 2007.
In §230.195, language is added in subsection (c) to allow provisions
of the section to expire on September 1, 2007. Additional non-substantive,
technical edits are also made to this section.
In §230.196, language is added in subsection (g) to allow provisions
of the section to expire on September 1, 2007. Additional non-substantive,
technical edits are also made to this section.
In §230.198, language is added in subsection (f) to allow provisions
of the section to expire on September 1, 2007. Additional non-substantive,
technical edits are also made to this section.
In §230.199, language is added in subsection (c)(4)(D) to allow provisions
relating to endorsements for the visually handicapped delivery system area
to expire on September 1, 2007. Additional non-substantive, technical edits
are also made to this section.
These emergency amendments are adopted in conjunction with emergency amendments
to rules in Subchapter P, Requirements for Standard Certificates and Specialized
Assignments or Programs, of this chapter and emergency amendments in 19 TAC
Chapter 233, Categories of Classroom Teaching Certificates.
The amendments are adopted on an emergency basis in accordance
with Government Code, §2001.034, and under the following Texas Education
Code sections: §21.031(a), which vests the SBEC with the authority to
regulate and oversee all aspects of the certification, continuing education,
and standards of conduct of public school educators; §21.041(b)(1), which
requires the SBEC to propose rules that provide for the regulation of educators
and the general administration of Chapter 21, Subchapter B, in a manner consistent
with that subchapter; §21.041(b)(2), which requires the SBEC to specify
the classes of certificates to be issued; and §21.041(b)(3), which requires
the SBEC to specify the period for which each class of educator certificate
is valid.
The emergency amendments implement Texas Education Code, §21.031(a)
and §21.041(b)(1), (2), and (3).
§230.191.Preparation Required in All Programs.
(a) - (b)
(No change.)
(c)
The teacher education program shall include academic specializations
and teaching fields in subjects approved to be taught in the public schools
of Texas or delivery systems authorized by the State Board of Education [
(1)
In addition to the teaching certificates specified in this
subchapter and Chapter 233 of this title
(relating to Categories of
Classroom Teaching Certificates)
, educator preparation entities operating
as alternative certification programs under
TEC,
[
(2)
For the teacher certificates, each academic specialization,
teaching field, and delivery system shall comply with one or more of the options
in this paragraph. In accordance with the
TEC,
[
(A)
The options for teacher certificate--secondary include
the following.
(i)
Option I (Grades 6-12) requires one 36-semester-hour (including
21 semester hours of upper-division courses) teaching field, with an additional
12 semester hours in a directly supporting field(s).
(ii)
Option II (Grades 6-12) requires two 24-semester-hour
(including 12 semester hours of upper-division courses in each) teaching fields,
delivery systems, or a combination of a teaching field and a delivery system.
(iii)
Option III (Grades 6-12) requires one 48-semester-hour
(including 24 semester hours of upper-division courses) broad teaching field.
(iv)
Option IV (Grades 6-12) requires one 48-semester-hour
(including 24 semester hours of upper-division courses, 12 of which are in
a single area) composite teaching field. A minimum of six semester hours shall
be required in each area.
(v)
The provisions of this subparagraph
expire on September 1, 2007.
(B)
The options for teacher
certificate--all-level
[
(i)
Option I (prekindergarten-Grade 12) requires one 48-semester-hour
(including 24 semester hours of upper-division courses) academic specialization,
which includes six semester hours designed for elementary level and six semester
hours designed for secondary level.
(ii)
Option II (prekindergarten-Grade 12) requires one 36-semester-hour
(including 18 semester hours of upper-division courses) academic specialization,
which includes six semester hours designed for elementary level and six semester
hours designed for secondary level. Option II is only available for the physical
education academic specialization.
(iii)
The provisions of [
(d)
The professional development sequence for the initial teacher
certificate shall consist of 18 semester hours of upper-division courses.
The following [
(1)
Core requirements common to all grade level options include
studies of:
(A)
teaching-learning processes, including measurement and
evaluation of student achievement;
(B)
human growth and development;
(C)
knowledge and skills concerning the unique needs of special
learners, such as:
(i)
multicultural education: the impact of cultural, ethnic,
language, and social differences upon instructional processes;
(ii)
the characteristics, assessment, least restrictive alternatives,
and admission, review, and dismissal processes for students requiring individualized
or specialized education programs; and
(iii)
the characteristics, identification, and needs of gifted
and talented students;
(D)
legal and ethical aspects of teaching to include the recognition
of and response to signs of abuse and neglect in children;
(E)
structure, organization, and management of the American
school system, with emphasis upon the state and local structure in Texas;
and
(F)
educational computing, media, and other technologies.
(2)
Methodology requirements specifically designed for the
grade level option selected shall include studies of the following:
(A)
instructional methods and strategies that emphasize practical
applications of the teaching-learning processes;
(B)
curriculum organization, planning, and evaluation;
(C)
basic principles and procedures of classroom management
with emphasis on classroom discipline, using group and individual processes
as well as different techniques and procedures adapted to the personality
of the teacher; and
(D)
the scope and sequence of the essential knowledge and skills
for all subjects required in the elementary course of study that are not included
in the academic specializations when elementary options are selected.
(e)
The professional development sequence for the teacher certificate--all-level
shall include a minimum of three semester hours designed for the elementary
level and three semester hours designed for the secondary level.
(f)
The provisions of subsections
(d) and (e) of this section expire on September 1, 2007.
§230.193.Teacher Certificate--Secondary.
(a) - (c)
(No change.)
(d)
The provisions of this section expire on September 1, 2005
,
with the exception of teaching fields in Art, [
§230.194.Teacher Certificate--All-Level.
(a)
The teacher certificate--all-level shall be based upon
completion of a teacher education program as described in §230.191 of
this title (relating to Preparation Required in All Programs). Areas of academic
specialization for the teacher certificate--all-level shall be:
(1)
art;
(2)
music;
(3)
physical education;
(4)
speech communications-theatre arts; and
(5)
theatre arts.
(b)
The provisions in paragraphs (2) and (3) of this section
expire on September 1, 2005.
(c)
The provisions of paragraphs
(1), (4), and (5) of this section expire on September 1, 2007.
§230.195.Special Education Certificates.
(a)
The special education certificates shall be based upon
completion of a teacher education program as described in §230.191(a),
(b), and (c) of this title (relating to Preparation Required in All Programs).
In accordance with the Texas Education Code [
(1)
survey of special education;
(2)
foundations of education for the deaf (history of education
of the deaf, psychology of deafness, the state curriculum for the deaf, and
the legal aspects of education for the deaf);
(3)
audiology (auditory training and testing and speech reading);
(4)
speech for the deaf;
(5)
language for the deaf;
(6)
manual communication (finger spelling, signed English,
and American Sign Language); and
(7)
teaching reading to the deaf.
(b)
The professional development sequence for special education
certificates shall consist of 18 semester hours of upper-division courses.
Reading, which may be offered beyond the 18 semester hours of professional
development courses, must be included. Reading instruction will be developmental
and corrective, and will incorporate identification, teaching strategies,
and resources for dyslexia and related disorders and other reading disorders.
The following components must be included.
(1)
Core requirements common to all grade levels shall include §230.191
(d)
[
(2)
Methodology requirements specifically designed for both
the elementary and secondary grade levels shall include §230.191
(d)
[
(c)
The provisions of this section
expire on September 1, 2007.
§230.196.Vocational Agriculture Certificates.
(a)
The program shall include at least one of the following
specializations:
(1)
production agriculture; or
(2)
ornamental horticulture.
(b)
The specialization in production agriculture shall consist
of 48 semester hours (24 semester hours of upper-division courses) of technical
agriculture as follows:
(1)
agricultural economics--three semester hours;
(2)
animal science--nine semester hours;
(3)
soil and plant science--nine semester hours;
(4)
agricultural engineering--nine semester hours; and
(5)
scientific agriculture electives--18 semester hours.
(c)
The specialization in ornamental horticulture shall consist
of 48 semester hours (24 semester hours of upper-division courses) of technical
agriculture. The program shall include the following areas:
(1)
agricultural economics;
(2)
genetics (plant reproduction);
(3)
greenhouse and nursery management;
(4)
plant nutrition;
(5)
plant pathology;
(6)
plant physiology;
(7)
plant and soil science; and
(8)
taxonomy of flowering plants.
(d)
The professional development sequence shall consist of
18 semester hours of upper-division courses. No more than nine semester hours
of the professional development sequence may be completed in vocational agriculture
education courses. Reading, which may be offered beyond the 18 semester hours
of professional development, must be included. Reading instruction will be
developmental and corrective, and will incorporate identification, teaching
strategies, and resources for dyslexia and other reading disorders.
(1)
Core requirements specifically designed for secondary grade
levels shall include §230.191
(d)
[
(2)
Methodology requirements shall include, but need not be
limited to:
(A)
adult and young farmer education;
(B)
youth leadership development and activities;
(C)
supervision of occupational experience programs;
(D)
history, principles, and foundations of vocational education
in agriculture;
(E)
advisory councils for vocational agriculture;
(F)
special needs of students in vocational agriculture;
(G)
instructional methods and strategies that emphasize practical
applications of the teaching-learning processes;
(H)
curriculum organization, planning, and evaluation; and
(I)
basic principles and procedures of classroom management
with emphasis on classroom discipline, using group processes as well as different
techniques and procedures adapted to the personality of the teacher.
(e)
Additional requirements for assignment to specialized programs
in vocational agriculture are described in this chapter.
(f)
Students also planning to qualify for a secondary teaching
certificate should complete a secondary, Option II, teaching field with the
amount in each field to be determined by the preparation program.
(g)
The provisions of this section
expire on September 1, 2007.
§230.198.Vocational Marketing Education Certificates.
(a)
The vocational marketing education certificate shall be
based upon completion of a teacher education program as described in §230.191
of this title (relating to Preparation Required in All Programs).
(b)
Academic preparation and work experience required for the
vocational marketing education certificate shall consist of:
(1)
48 semester hours (24 semester hours upper-division courses)
that include the following:
(A)
introduction to business;
(B)
business communication;
(C)
business law;
(D)
elementary accounting;
(E)
statistics;
(F)
retailing;
(G)
marketing;
(H)
principles of management;
(I)
principles of advertising; and
(J)
salesmanship; and
(2)
two years of wage-earning experience approved by the teacher
education program in one or more of the marketing occupations or one year
of wage-earning experience in addition to 1,000 clock hours of employment
experience supervised by the approved teacher education program.
(c)
The professional development sequence shall require 18
semester hours of upper-division courses. No more than nine semester hours
of the professional development sequence may be completed in vocational marketing
education courses. Reading, which may be offered beyond the 18 semester hours
of professional development courses, must be included. Reading instruction
will be developmental and corrective, and will incorporate identification,
teaching strategies, and resources for dyslexia and other reading disorders.
(1)
Core requirements specifically designed for secondary grade
levels shall include §230.191
(d)
[
(2)
Methodology requirements shall include §230.191
(d)
[
(d)
Additional requirements for assignment to specialized programs
in vocational marketing education are described in this chapter.
(e)
Students also planning to qualify for a secondary teaching
certificate should complete a secondary, Option II, teaching field with the
amount in each field to be determined by the
preparation program
[
(f)
The provisions of this section
expire on September 1, 2007.
§230.199.Endorsements.
(a) - (b)
(No change.)
(c)
Program requirements for endorsement in delivery system
areas.
(1) - (3)
(No change.)
(4)
Visually handicapped.
(A)
Certificate requirement. The visually handicapped endorsement
may be added only to special education certificates or to elementary or secondary
teacher certificates.
(B)
Professional development. The professional development
sequence for the visually handicapped endorsement shall consist of [
(i)
physiological, psychological, and social factors of blindness;
(ii)
literary braille (grade II);
(iii)
special braille notations (including nemeth code, braille
music, scientific notation, formal and foreign language);
(iv)
media, materials, and adaptations;
(v)
methods of instruction (including low vision, orientation
and mobility, vocational and career exploration, and
multihandicapped
[
(vi)
assessment and programming;
(vii)
intervention and parent training; and
(viii)
survey of exceptional children.
(C)
ExCET requirement: Visually Handicapped.
(D)
The provisions of this paragraph
expire on September 1, 2007.
(5)
(No change.)
(d)
(No change.)
This agency hereby certifies that the emergency adoption
has been reviewed by legal counsel and found to be within the agency's legal
authority to adopt.
Filed with the Office of
the Secretary of State on January 19, 2006.
TRD-200600290
Patricia Hayes
Associate Commissioner, Educator Quality and P-16 Initiatives
State Board for Educator Certification
Effective Date: January 19, 2006
Expiration Date: May 18, 2006
For further information, please call: (512) 475-1497
19 TAC §§230.482 - 230.484
The State Board for Educator Certification (SBEC) adopts
on an emergency basis amendments to §§230.482 - 230.484, relating
to requirements for standard certificates and specialized assignments or programs.
The sections establish provisions relating to specific requirements for standard
certificates and endorsements (§230.482); specific requirements for standard
career and technology certificates based on experience and preparation (§230.483);
and eligibility requirements for specialized assignments or programs(§230.484).
The emergency amendments provide for the SBEC to cease issuing certain ExCET-based
certificates on September 1, 2007. The superseded certificates will remain
valid and SBEC will not require educators who hold one of these certificates
to obtain the corresponding new certificate. The amendments will allow for
an overlap of the superseded certificates and corresponding certification
exams.
The amendments are adopted on an emergency basis to take effect immediately
pursuant to §2001.034 of the Government Code, which allows a state agency
to adopt an emergency rule if the agency finds that a requirement of state
or federal law requires adoption of a rule on fewer than 30 days notice. The
SBEC finds that emergency amendments are necessary to comply with the requirements
of state and federal law. New certificates have been issued in the good faith
belief that amendments authorizing the certificates were validly adopted.
Absent the emergency amendments, applicants who apply for certificates before
regular amendments can be adopted will not be approved because no authority
will exist to grant the applications. These applicants will be penalized not
for meritorious reasons, but rather solely for the unfortunate timing of their
applications. The emergency rule actions are necessary to treat interim applicants
the same as those individuals who have previously been issued the new TExES-based
examination certificates.
With the exception of technical edits, the emergency amendments reflect
rule actions adopted by the SBEC in 2005. Specifically, the emergency amendments
accomplish the following.
In §230.482, language is added in subsection (e) to allow provisions
to expire on September 1, 2007, that relate to standard classroom teacher
certificate--all level; standard special education certificates; standard
agricultural science and standard horticultural science certificates; standard
marketing education certificates; and endorsements. Additional non-substantive,
technical edits are also made to this section.
In §230.483, language is added in subsection (b)(4) to allow provisions
relating to the standard marketing education certificate to expire on September
1, 2007. Additional non-substantive, technical edits are also made to this
section.
In §230.484, language is added in subsection (d)(2)(F) to allow provisions
relating to agricultural science and technology to expire on September 1,
2007. Additional non-substantive, technical edits are also made to this section.
These emergency amendments are adopted in conjunction with emergency amendments
to rules in Subchapter G, Certification Requirements for Classroom Teachers,
of this chapter and emergency amendments in 19 TAC Chapter 233, Categories
of Classroom Teaching Certificates.
The amendments are adopted on an emergency basis in accordance
with Government Code, §2001.034, and under the following Texas Education
Code sections: §21.031(a), which vests the SBEC with the authority to
regulate and oversee all aspects of the certification, continuing education,
and standards of conduct of public school educators; §21.041(b)(1), which
requires the SBEC to propose rules that provide for the regulation of educators
and the general administration of Chapter 21, Subchapter B, in a manner consistent
with that subchapter; §21.041(b)(2), which requires the SBEC to specify
the classes of certificates to be issued; and §21.041(b)(3), which requires
the SBEC to specify the period for which each class of educator certificate
is valid.
The emergency amendments implement Texas Education Code, §21.031(a)
and §21.041(b)(1), (2), and (3).
§230.482.Specific Requirements for Standard Certificates and Endorsements.
(a)
The following certificates require completion of an approved
educator preparation program offered under Subchapter G of this chapter (relating
to
Certification Requirement for Classroom Teachers
[
(1)
standard classroom teacher certificate--secondary;
(2)
standard classroom teacher certificate--all level;
(3)
standard special education certificates;
(4)
standard agricultural science and standard horticultural
science certificates; and
(5)
standard home economics certificate.
(b)
The standard marketing education certificate requires one
of the following:
(1)
completion of an approved program offered under §230.198
of this title (relating to Vocational Marketing Education Certificates); or
(2)
completion of requirements in §230.483(b) of this
title (relating to Specific Requirements for Standard
Career and Technology
[
(c)
All endorsements require completion of an approved program
offered under §230.199 of this title (relating to Endorsements) or completion
of requirements under provisions of §230.437 of this title (relating
to Issuance of Certificates Based on Examination).
(d)
The provisions of subsection
(a)(5)
[
(e)
The provisions of subsection
(a)(2), (3), and (4), and subsections (b) and (c) of this section shall expire
on September 1, 2007.
§230.483.Specific Requirements for Standard Career and Technology Certificates Based on Experience and Preparation.
(a)
(No change.)
(b)
Standard marketing education certificate.
(1)
The standard marketing education certificate may be based
on the program requirements specified in Subchapter G of this
chapter
[
(2)
Certification based on preparation and experience in the
skill area shall require:
(A)
a bachelor's degree from an accredited institution with
six semester hours of courses in retailing and marketing;
(B)
completion of SBEC requirements in the United States and
Texas Constitutions;
(C)
two years of wage-earning experience approved by the employing
superintendent or certification officer of a college or university approved
to prepare teachers for the vocational certificate in one or more of the marketing
occupations;
(D)
12 semester hours of professional development from an institution
with an approved program in marketing education that includes the following:
(i)
history and philosophy of vocational education;
(ii)
methods of teaching marketing and distributive education;
(iii)
organizing and managing marketing education programs;
and
(iv)
techniques for coordinating marketing education programs;
and
(E)
two creditable years, as defined in Subchapter Y of this
chapter, of teaching experience on emergency permits in the area of marketing
education.
(3)
The standard marketing education certificate shall establish
eligibility to teach cooperative training, coordinated vocational-academic
education,
pre-employment
[
(4)
The provisions of this subsection
expire on September 1, 2007.
(c) - (h)
(No change.)
§230.484.Eligibility Requirements for Specialized Assignments or Programs.
(a) - (c)
(No change.)
(d)
Requirements for eligibility to teach in specialized assignments
or programs shall be as follows.
(1)
(No change.)
(2)
Agricultural science and technology.
(A)
Horticulture. Eligibility to teach horticulture shall require
a valid standard certificate for horticultural sciences. No additional course
or workshop shall be required for assignment to
pre-employment
[
(B)
Cooperative training programs. Eligibility to teach cooperative
training programs shall require a valid provisional certificate for agricultural
science and one of the following:
(i)
a workshop sponsored by the Texas Education Agency (TEA)
that is designed to provide specialized training for teachers assigned to
implement and conduct cooperative training programs; or
(ii)
three semester hours of agriculture education in the area
of the special agricultural science and technology program.
(C)
Pre-employment
[
(i)
a workshop sponsored by the TEA that is designed to provide
specialized training for teachers assigned to teach
pre-employment
[
(ii)
six semester hours of technical agriculture in the area
of the special agricultural science and technology program.
(D)
Courses and workshops. Agriculture education course work
and workshops sponsored by the TEA shall be conducted by institutions approved
for the preparation of agricultural science and technology teachers.
(E)
Teachers assigned to Career Investigation and Career Connections
must hold a teacher certification in any of the Career and Technology (CATE)
program areas, and shall participate in a
TEA-approved
[
(F)
The provisions of this paragraph
expire on September 1, 2007.
(3)
(No change.)
This agency hereby certifies that the emergency adoption
has been reviewed by legal counsel and found to be within the agency's legal
authority to adopt.
Filed with the Office of
the Secretary of State on January 19, 2006.
TRD-200600291
Patricia Hayes
Associate Commissioner, Educator Quality and P-16 Initiatives
State Board for Educator Certification
Effective Date: January 19, 2006
Expiration Date: May 18, 2006
For further information, please call: (512) 475-1497
Subchapter B. CERTIFICATE RENEWAL AND CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS
19 TAC §232.850, §232.851
The State Board for Educator Certification (SBEC) adopts
on an emergency basis amendments to §232.850 and §232.851, relating
to certificate renewal and continuing professional education (CPE) requirements.
The sections establish the number and content of required CPE hours (§232.850)
and specify the CPE requirements by classes of certificates (§232.851).
The emergency amendments establish a prorated schedule of CPE hours that may
be used by educators seeking to renew multiple classes of standard certificates
issued with different effective dates during the same five-year renewal cycle.
The emergency amendments also add CPE requirements for holders of school librarian
certificates and holders of standard certificates for supervisors, special
education supervisors, vocational supervisors, visiting teachers, and special
education visiting teachers. Holders of certain newly added certificates are
exempt from the CPE hours during the first five-year renewal period.
The amendments are adopted on an emergency basis to take effect immediately
pursuant to §2001.034 of the Government Code, which allows a state agency
to adopt an emergency rule if the agency finds that a requirement of state
or federal law requires adoption of a rule on fewer than 30 days notice. The
SBEC finds that emergency amendments are necessary to comply with the requirements
of state and federal law. New certificates have been issued and CPE exemptions
have been approved by staff in the good faith belief that amendments authorizing
the certificates and exemptions were validly adopted. Absent the emergency
amendments, applicants who apply for certificates and exemptions before regular
amendments can be adopted will not be approved because no authority will exist
to grant the applications. These applicants will be penalized not for meritorious
reasons, but rather solely for the unfortunate timing of their applications.
The emergency rule actions will ensure that interim applicants are treated
the same as those individuals who have previously been issued the new certificates
or granted exemptions from CPE requirements.
With the exception of technical edits, the emergency amendments reflect
the separate rule actions adopted by the SBEC in 2004 and 2005. Specifically,
the emergency amendments accomplish the following:
(1) change language in §232.850(a) to indicate that the appropriate
number of CPE hours must be completed during each five-year renewal period
for each class of certification held;
(2) add language in §232.850(e) to allow an educator who is issued
an additional class of certificate after the beginning of the five-year renewal
cycle to satisfy the renewal requirement by completing a minimum of one-fifth
of the required CPE hours for each full year that the additional class of
certificate is valid;
(3) add language in §232.851(d) to require school librarians to the
complete the same 200 CPE hour requirement as learning resources specialists;
(4) add language to §232.851(l) to clarify that the holder of more
than one class of standard certification would be required to complete no
more than 200 CPE hours for renewal of all certificates held unless otherwise
specified;
(5) add language to §232.851(m) to require 200 CPE hours every five
years for renewal of standard certificates for supervisors, special education
supervisors, vocational supervisors, visiting teachers, and special education
visiting teachers; and
(6) add language to §232.851(n) to exempt supervisors, special education
supervisors, vocational supervisors, visiting teachers, and special education
visiting teachers from the CPE hours during the first five-year renewal period
of the standard certificate.
The proposed amendment also re-titles the chapter and subchapter, as follows.
The title of 19 TAC Chapter 232 changes to "General Certification Provisions"
from "General Requirements Applicable to All Certificates Issued." Subchapter
"R" is changed to "B" to allow for greater use of this chapter.
The amendments are adopted on an emergency basis in accordance
with Government Code, §2001.034, and under the following Texas Education
Code sections: §21.031(a), which vests the SBEC with the authority to
regulate and oversee all aspects of the certification, continuing education,
and standards of conduct of public school educators; §21.041(b)(1), which
requires the SBEC to propose rules that provide for the regulation of educators
and the general administration of Chapter 21, Subchapter B, in a manner consistent
with that subchapter; §21.041(b)(2), which requires the SBEC to specify
the classes of certificates to be issued; and §21.041(b)(9), which requires
the SBEC to provide for continuing education requirements.
The emergency amendments implement Texas Education Code, §21.031(a)
and §21.041(b)(1), (2), and (9).
§232.850.Number and Content of Required Continuing Professional Education Hours.
(a)
Standard certificate.
The appropriate number of
[
(b) - (d)
(No change.)
(e)
An educator eligible to renew
multiple classes of certificates issued during the same renewal period may
satisfy the requirements specified in §232.851 of this title for any
class of certificate issued for less than the full five-year period by completing
a prorated number of the required CPE hours. Educators must complete a minimum
of one-fifth of the additional CPE hours for each full calendar year that
the additional class of certificate is valid.
§232.851.Number of Required Continuing Professional Education Hours by Classes of Certificates.
(a)
Holders of the Standard Superintendent Certificate must
complete 200 clock hours of continuing professional education every five years.
Specific requirements are contained in §242.30 of this title (relating
to Requirements for Continuing Education and the Renewal of the Standard Superintendent
Certificate).
(b)
Holders of the Standard Principal Certificate must complete
200 clock hours of continuing professional education every five years. Specific
requirements are contained in §241.30 of this title (relating to Requirements
to Renew the Standard Principal Certificate).
(c)
Holders of the Standard School Counselor Certificate must
complete 200 clock hours of continuing professional education every five years.
(d)
Holders of the Standard
School Librarian Certificate
and
Learning Resources Specialist Certificate must complete 200 clock
hours of continuing professional education every five years.
(e)
Holders of the Standard Educational Diagnostician Certificate
must complete 200 clock hours of continuing professional education every five
years.
(f)
Holders of the Standard Reading Specialist Certificate
must complete 200 clock hours of continuing professional education every five
years.
(g)
Holders of the Standard Master Teacher Certificate must
complete 200 clock hours of continuing professional education every five years.
(h)
Holders of the Standard Classroom Teacher Certificate must
complete 150 clock hours of continuing professional education every five years.
Specific requirements are contained in §232.850 of this title (relating
to Number and Content of Required Continuing Professional Education Hours).
(i)
Holders of the Standard Educational Aide Certificate are
exempt from the provisions of §232.850 of this title [
(j)
Holders of Professional Certificates issued prior to September
1, 1999, who opt into the Standard Certificate pursuant to §232.810 of
this
title
[
(k)
Holders of Provisional Certificates issued prior to September
1, 1999, who opt into the Standard Certificate pursuant to §232.810 of
this
title
[
(l)
An educator must complete a
total of 150 or 200 clock hours of continuing professional education during
each five-year renewal period unless otherwise specified in this title.
(m)
Holders of a Standard Certificate
in the following areas must complete 200 clock hours of continuing professional
education every five years:
(1)
Supervisor;
(2)
Special Education Supervisor;
(3)
Vocational Supervisor;
(4)
Visiting Teacher; and
(5)
Special Education Visiting Teacher.
(n)
Holders of a standard certificate
listed in subsection (m) of this section are exempt from the continuing professional
education hours stipulated in subsection (m) during the first five-year renewal
period of the standard certificate. During subsequent renewal periods, the
holder of such standard certificates must satisfy the most current requirements
for renewal.
This agency hereby certifies that the emergency adoption
has been reviewed by legal counsel and found to be within the agency's legal
authority to adopt.
Filed with the Office of
the Secretary of State on January 19, 2006.
TRD-200600289
Patricia Hayes
Associate Commissioner, Educator Quality and P-16 Initiatives
State Board for Educator Certification
Effective Date: January 19, 2006
Expiration Date: May 18, 2006
For further information, please call: (512) 475-1497
(SBOE)
] under the Texas Education Code (TEC)
,
§28.002(b),
for use in the public schools of Texas.
Texas Education
Code (TEC)
] §21.049, relating to alternative certification, may
recommend candidates for certification in the following areas:
prekindergarten-Grade
12
[
Grades prekindergarten-12
] English as a second language
[
(ESL),
] and
prekindergarten-Grade 12
[
Grades prekindergarten-12
] generic special education. The provisions of this paragraph expire
on September 1, 2004.
Texas Education
Code (TEC)
] §21.050(b), additional semester hours in education
are permissible for certification in bilingual education, English as a second
language, early childhood education, and special education. For all other
certificates based on college-approved teacher education programs, reading
shall be included in the approved program. Reading instruction shall be developmental
and corrective and include study relating to the phonetic structure of the
English language; knowledge of reading instruction such as language-based,
phonics-based, and meaning-based instruction; demonstration and application
of reading theories; and identification of and teaching strategies and resources
for dyslexia and other reading disorders. Reading courses that fulfill these
requirements may be offered beyond the 18 semester hours of professional development
courses.
certificate-all-level
] include the following.
clause (ii) of
] this subparagraph
expire on September 1,
2007
[
2005
].
three
] components must be included.
Business,
]
Dance, Journalism, [
Other Languages,
] Speech Communications, and
Theatre Arts
, which expire on September 1, 2007, and the teaching fields
in Business and Other Languages, which expire on September 1, 2008
.
(TEC)
], §21.050(b),
additional semester hours in education are permissible for certification in
special education. Hearing impaired specialization shall prepare the individual
to teach prekindergarten through
Grade
[
grade
] 12 in
programs designed to serve the hearing impaired and shall require 36 semester
hours in courses specifically designed for teaching the deaf and severely
hard of hearing, including:
(e)
](1) of this title (relating to Preparation Required
in All Programs).
(e)
](2) of this title.
(e)
](1) of this
title
(relating to Preparation Required in All Programs)
.
(e)
](1) of this
title.
(e)
](2)(A) - (C) of this title.
institution
].
:
] 21 semester hours directly related to teaching the visually handicapped
that must include, but need not be limited to:
mulitihandicapped
]);
Subchapter P. REQUIREMENTS FOR STANDARD CERTIFICATES AND SPECIALIZED ASSIGNMENTS OR PROGRAMS
Program
Requirements for Preparation of School Personnel for Initial Certificates
and Endorsements
]):
Vocational
] Certificates Based on Experience and Preparation
[
in Skill Areas
]).
(a),
paragraph (5)
] of this section shall expire on September 1, 2005.
title
] (relating to
Certification Requirement for
Classroom Teachers
[
Program Requirements for Preparation of School
Personnel for Initial Certificates and Endorsements
]) or preparation
and experience in the skill area.
preemployment
] laboratory,
and vocational education for the handicapped in marketing and distributive
education.
preemployment
] laboratory education (PELE) or vocational education for
the handicapped programs (VEH) in horticulture.
Preemployment
] laboratory
education and VEH. Eligibility to teach PELE or VEH shall require a valid
Texas certificate for agricultural science and one of the following:
preemployment
]; or
Texas
Education Agency (TEA) approved
] two hour workshop for beginning Career
Investigation / Career Connections teachers prior to teaching the course.
Teachers must also attend and participate in a
TEA-sponsored
[
TEA sponsored
] CATE Professional Development Conference prior to assignment.
Chapter 232.
GENERAL CERTIFICATION PROVISIONS
At least 150
] clock hours of continuing professional education (CPE)
, as specified in §232.851 of this title (relating to Number of Required
Continuing Professional Education Hours by Classes of Certificates),
must
be completed during each five-year renewal period. Educators should complete
a minimum of 20 clock hours of CPE each year of the renewal period. An educator
renewing multiple certificates should complete a minimum of five CPE clock
hours each year in the content area knowledge and skills for each certificate
being renewed.
(relating
to Number and Content of Required Continuing Professional Education Hours)
].
chapter
] (relating to Voluntary Renewal
of Current Texas Educators) must complete 200 clock hours of continuing professional
education every five years.
chapter
] must complete 150 clock hours of
continuing professional education every five years.
Chapter 233.
CATEGORIES OF CLASSROOM TEACHING CERTIFICATES