H.B. No. 1469         AN ACT   relating to qualifications for certain teachers employed by certain   open-enrollment charter schools.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 12.129, Education Code, is amended to   read as follows:          Sec. 12.129.  MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS FOR PRINCIPALS AND   TEACHERS. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a [A] person   employed as a principal or a teacher by an open-enrollment charter   school must hold a baccalaureate degree.          (b)  In an open-enrollment charter school that serves youth   referred to or placed in a residential trade center by a local or   state agency, a person may be employed as a teacher for a noncore   vocational course without holding a baccalaureate degree if the   person has:                 (1)  demonstrated subject matter expertise related to   the subject taught, such as professional work experience, formal   training and education, holding a relevant active professional   industry license, certification, or registration, or any   combination of work experience, training and education, and   industry license, certification, or registration; and                (2)  received at least 20 hours of classroom management   training, as determined by the governing body of the   open-enrollment charter school.           SECTION 2.  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, 2017.       ______________________________ ______________________________      President of the Senate Speaker of the House                   I certify that H.B. No. 1469 was passed by the House on April   28, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 135, Nays 0, 2 present, not   voting.     ______________________________   Chief Clerk of the House                 I certify that H.B. No. 1469 was passed by the Senate on May   19, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 29, Nays 2.     ______________________________   Secretary of the Senate       APPROVED:  _____________________                      Date                           _____________________                    Governor