By: Koop (Senate Sponsor - Taylor of Collin)	H.B. No. 3563
	(In the Senate - Received from the House April 24, 2017;
	May 3, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on
	Education; May 16, 2017, reported favorably by the following vote:
	Yeas 11, Nays 0; May 16, 2017, sent to printer.)
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	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to parental notification regarding public school teacher
	qualifications.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 21.057(e), Education Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	(e)  This section does not apply if a school is required in
	accordance with Section 1006 [1111(h)(6)(B)(ii)], Every Student
	Succeeds Act (20 U.S.C. Section 6312(e)(1)(B)(ii)) [No Child Left
	Behind Act of 2001 (20 U.S.C. Section 6311), and its subsequent
	amendments], to provide notice to a parent or guardian regarding a
	teacher who does not meet certification requirements at the grade
	level and subject area in which the teacher is assigned [is not
	highly qualified], provided the school provides notice as required
	by that Act.
	SECTION 2.  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.  If this
	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
	Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
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