Relating to training requirements for public school educators.

89(R) HB 2107 - House Committee Report version - Bill Text

89R8451 MEW-D

By: Fairly, Leo Wilson

H.B. No. 2107

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

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
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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. If this

Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this

Act takes effect September 1, 2025.