PROBATIONARY AND STANDARD TRADE AND INDUSTRIAL WORKFORCE TRAINING CERTIFICATES

(a) To provide a continuing additional source of teachers to provide workforce training, the board shall establish a probationary trade and industrial workforce training certificate and a standard trade and industrial workforce training certificate that may be obtained through an abbreviated educator preparation program under Section 21.0442. (b) To be eligible for a probationary certificate under this section, a person must: (1) satisfactorily complete the course work for that certificate in an educator preparation program under Section 21.0442; and (2) satisfy any other requirements prescribed by the board. (c) To be eligible for a standard certificate under this section, a person must: (1) hold a probationary certificate issued under this section; (2) be employed by: (A) a public or private primary or secondary school; or (B) an institution of higher education or an independent or private institution of higher education as those terms are defined by Section 61.003; and (3) perform satisfactorily on a standard trade and industrial workforce training certificate examination prescribed by the board. (d) The limitation imposed by Section 21.048(a-1) on the number of administrations of an examination does not apply to the administration of the standard trade and industrial workforce training certificate examination prescribed by the board. (e) Notwithstanding any other law, the board may administer the standard trade and industrial workforce training certificate examination to a person who satisfies the requirements of Subsections (c)(1) and (2). (f) The board shall propose rules to: (1) specify the term of a probationary certificate and a standard certificate issued under this section; and (2) establish the requirements for renewal of a standard certificate. Text of section effective on June 15, 2017, but only if a specific appropriation is provided as described by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1077 (H.B. 3349), Sec. 3, which states: This Act takes effect only if a specific appropriation for the implementation of the Act is provided in a general appropriations act of the 85th Legislature.