SB859 - Relating to authorization and reimbursement for certain examination fee subsidies paid for public school teachers and students.

  89R8128 PRL-F     By: Schwertner S.B. No. 859       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to authorization and reimbursement for certain   examination fee subsidies paid for public school teachers and   students.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Sections 29.190(a-1) and (b), Education Code,   are amended to read as follows:          (a-1)  A student may [ not ] receive more than one subsidy   under this section.          (b)  A teacher is entitled to a subsidy under this section if   the teacher passes a certification examination related to career   and technology education [ cybersecurity ].          SECTION 2.  Section 48.156, Education Code, is amended to   read as follows:          Sec. 48.156.  CERTIFICATION EXAMINATION REIMBURSEMENT. A   school district is entitled to reimbursement for the amount of a   subsidy paid by the district for each [ a student's ] certification   examination under Section 29.190(a) as provided by Section   29.190(c).          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.