H.B. No. 3217
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to certain eligibility requirements for issuance of a
  teaching certificate.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  The heading to Section 21.050, Education Code,
  is amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 21.050.  ACADEMIC DEGREE REQUIRED FOR TEACHING
  CERTIFICATE; FIELD-BASED EXPERIENCE OR INTERNSHIP.
         SECTION 2.  Sections 21.050(a) and (b), Education Code, are
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  A person who applies for a teaching certificate for
  which board rules require a bachelor's degree must possess a
  bachelor's degree received with an academic major or
  interdisciplinary academic major, including reading, [other than
  education,] that is related to the curriculum as prescribed under
  Subchapter A, Chapter 28.
         (b)  [The board may not require more than 18 semester credit
  hours of education courses at the baccalaureate level for the
  granting of a teaching certificate.] The board shall provide for a
  minimum number of semester credit hours of field-based experience
  or internship to be included in the credit hours needed for
  certification. The board may propose rules requiring additional
  credit hours for certification in bilingual education, English as a
  second language, early childhood education, or special education.
         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.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 3217 was passed by the House on April
  17, 2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 143, Nays 0, 1 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 3217 was passed by the Senate on May
  10, 2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor