HB4619 - Relating to the parental notification regarding public school teacher qualifications.

  89R10404 GP-D     By: Allen H.B. No. 4619       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the parental notification regarding public school   teacher qualifications.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 12A.004(a), Education Code, is amended   to read as follows:          (a)  A local innovation plan may not provide for the   exemption of a district designated as a district of innovation from   the following provisions of this title:                (1)  a state or federal requirement applicable to an   open-enrollment charter school operating under Subchapter D,   Chapter 12;                (2)  Subchapters A, C, D, and E, Chapter 11, except that   a district may be exempt from Sections 11.1511(b)(5) and (14) and   Section 11.162;                (3)  state curriculum and graduation requirements   adopted under Chapter 28; [ and ]                (4)  academic and financial accountability and   sanctions under Chapters 39 and 39A ; and                 (5)     parental notification requirements under Section   21.057 .          SECTION 2.  Sections 21.057(a) and (c), Education Code, are   amended to read as follows:          (a)  A school district that assigns an inappropriately   certified or uncertified teacher to the same classroom for more   than 30 consecutive instructional days during the same school year ,   excluding the first 30 instructional days of the school year, shall   provide written notice of the assignment to a parent or guardian of   each student in that classroom.          (c)  The school district shall:                (1)  [ make a good-faith effort to ] ensure that the   notice required by this section is provided in a bilingual form to   any parent or guardian whose primary language is not English;                (2)  retain a copy of any notice provided under this   section; and                (3)  make information relating to teacher   certification , including the type of certification held by each   teacher employed by the district, available to the public on the   district's Internet website and on request.          SECTION 3.  Section 12A.004(a), Education Code, as amended   by this Act, applies to each local innovation plan adopted under   Chapter 12A, Education Code, regardless of whether the plan was   adopted before, on, or after the effective date of this Act. A local   innovation plan adopted or renewed before the effective date of   this Act must comply with Section 12A.004(a), Education Code, as   amended by this Act, not later than September 1, 2025.          SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.