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VOLUME 29
MAY-JUNE. 1955
NUMBER 2
54TH LEGISLATURE PASSES
NEW CERTIFICATION BILL
S. B. 86, the Certification Bil lby
Aikin, passed the Senate by a vote of
27-0 and the House, with two Amend-
ments, by a vote of 138-2. This is the
bill as finally passed and signed by the
Governor on May 6.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEG-
ISLATURE OF THE STATE OF
TEXAS:
Section 1. Guarantees to Present
Certificate Holders. It is hereby de-
clared that it is the legislative intent
that all persons enrolled in a college
approved for teacher education and
preparing for the teaching profes-
sion prior to or on the date this Act
becomes effective, and all teachers
qualified for teacher certification,
or certified to teach in the public
free schools of this State prior to
the effective date of this Act, shall
be safeguarded and protected in
their present right or privilege to
pursue and continue in the teaching
profession or training, and shall re-
ceive, upon application therefor, the
certificate or certificates authorized
herein to the extent and in the man-
ner and under the conditions pre-
scribed in Section 13 of this Act.
Section 2. The State Board of
Education, with the advice and as-
sistance of the State Commissioner
of Education, is hereby authorized
to establish such rules and regula-
tions as are not inconsistent with the
provisions of this teacher certifica-
tion law and which may be necessary
to administer the responsibilities
vested under the terms of this Act
concerning the issuance of certifi-
cates, and the standards and pro-
cedures for the approval of colleges
and universities offering programs of
teacher education.
In order to secure professional ad-
vice in advising or making his rec-
ommendations to the State Board of
Education, the Commissioner of Edu-
cation shall consider recommenda-
tions of the State Board of Examin-
ers for Teacher Education in all
matters covered by this Act.
Section 3. Any person eligible to
obtain a teacher's certificate of any
kind or classification hereinafter pro-
vided for in this Act, shall make
application to the State Commission-
er of Education, stating the class of
certificate or certificates desired, and
shall present to said Commissioner
such proof as this and other teacher
certification laws require concern-
ing his qualifications and fitness for
the class of certificate requested. No
applicant shall receive a teacher cer-
tificate of any class or kind, except
as otherwise hereinafter provided,
without first depositing with the
State Commissioner of Education the
application fee prescribed to be paid
under the provisions of this Act for
the particular type or class of cer-
tificate requested.
All application fees collected under
the provisions of the teacher certifi-
cation laws shall be used to cover
the expenses of inspection and iden-
tification of approved college or
university teacher education pro-
grams and of recording and issuing
certificates.
Section 4. No person shall receive
a certificate authorizing his employ-
ment in the public free schools of
Texas without showing to the satis-
faction of the State Commissioner of
Education that he is a person of good
moral character, evidenced by writ-
ten statements of three good and
well-known citizens, or such proof
as the Commissioner may require of
his moral qualifications; that he will
support and defend the Constitu-
tions of the United States and the
State of Texas; that he has met the
requirements of the laws of this
State requiring an applicant to have
secured credit from a college or uni-
versity in this State in a course or
courses which give special emphasis
upon the Constitutions of the United
States and of Texas; and that he has
ability to speak and understand the
English language sufficiently to use
it easily and readily in conversation
and teaching. No certificate shall be
granted to a person under eighteen
(18) years of age.
Section 5. No teacher's certificate
shall be issued to an alien, authoriz-
ing such person to teach in the public
free schools of this State, unless
proper evidence is produced showing
an intention to become a naturalized
citizen of the United States of Amer-
ica; and the State Commissioner of
Education shall not issue a perma-
nent teacher's certificate to any per-
son who is not a citizen of the
United States. It shall be unlawful
for any board of trustees to contract
with any person who is an alien, to
teach in any public free school of
this State, unless such person has
been naturalized, or has declared his
intention to become a citizen of the
United States; and all contracts in
violation of this provision shall be
void and of no effect; provided, how-
ever, this section shall not apply to
any alien teacher, a subject of any
nation, regularly designated by
proper authority to serve as an ex-
change teacher in the United States
and to teach in the public schools of
Texas for not more than one year, if
a like privilege is currently granted
by the nation for any teacher desig-
nated by the governing body of a
school district in this State to serve
as an exchange teacher for a period
of not more than one year.
Section 6. The county superin-
tendent shall keep a record of all
TEXAS STANDARD
THREE
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White, Leslie J. The Texas Standard, Volume 29, Number 2, May-June 1955, periodical, May 1955; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth193778/m1/3/: accessed May 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Prairie View A&M University.