H.B. No. 1300
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to eligibility requirements for admission of certain
  persons to educator preparation programs.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 21.0441(b), Education Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (b)  The board's rules must permit an educator preparation
  program to admit in extraordinary circumstances a person who fails
  to satisfy a grade point average requirement prescribed by
  Subsection (a)(1)(A) or (B), provided that:
               (1)  not more than 10 percent of the total number of
  persons admitted to the program in a year fail to satisfy the
  requirement under Subsection (a)(1)(A) or (B);
               (2)  each person admitted as described by this
  subsection performs, before admission, at a satisfactory level on
  an appropriate subject matter examination for each subject in which
  the person seeks certification; and
               (3) [(2)]  for each person admitted as described by
  this subsection, the director of the program determines and
  certifies, based on documentation provided by the person, that the
  person's work, business, or career experience demonstrates
  achievement comparable to the academic achievement represented by
  the grade point average requirement.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 1300 was passed by the House on May
  12, 2015, by the following vote:  Yeas 141, Nays 2, 2 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 1300 was passed by the Senate on May
  22, 2015, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor