HB2107 - Relating to training requirements for public school educators.

  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 [ To ] the   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.