(a) Any interested person, as defined in Texas Government
Code (TGC), §2001.021, may petition for the adoption, amendment,
or repeal of a rule of the State Board for Educator Certification
(SBEC) by filing a petition on the form provided in this subsection.
The petition shall be signed and submitted to the designated Texas
Education Agency (TEA) office. The TEA staff shall evaluate the merits
of the petition to determine whether to recommend that rulemaking
proceedings be initiated or that the petition be denied.
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(b) In accordance with TGC, §2001.021, the TEA
staff must respond to the petitioner within 60 calendar days of receipt
of the petition.
(1) Where possible, the recommendation concerning the
petition shall be placed on the next SBEC agenda, and the SBEC shall
act on the petition within 60 calendar days.
(2) Where the time required to review the petition
or the scheduling of SBEC meetings will not permit the SBEC to act
on the petition within the required 60 calendar days, the TEA staff
shall respond to the petitioner within the required 60 calendar days,
notifying the petitioner of the date of the SBEC meeting at which
the recommendation will be presented to the SBEC for action.
(c) The SBEC will review the petition and the recommendation
and will either deny the petition, giving reasons for the denial,
or direct the TEA staff to begin the rulemaking process. The TEA staff
will notify the petitioner of the SBEC's action related to the petition.
(d) Without limitation to the reasons for denial in
this subsection, the SBEC may deny a petition on the following grounds:
(1) the SBEC does not have jurisdiction or authority
to propose or to adopt the petitioned rule;
(2) the petitioned rule conflicts with a statute, court
decision, another rule proposed or adopted by the SBEC, or other law;
(3) the SBEC determines that a different proceeding,
procedure, or act more appropriately addresses the subject matter
of the petition than initiating a rulemaking proceeding;
(4) the petitioner files a petition:
(A) before the fourth anniversary of the SBEC's having
previously considered and rejected a similar rule on the same subject
matter; or
(B) to amend a rule proposed or adopted by the SBEC
that has not yet become effective; or
(5) any other reason the SBEC determines is grounds
for denial.
(e) If the SBEC initiates rulemaking procedures in
response to a petition, the rule text which the SBEC proposes may
differ from the rule text proposed by the petitioner.
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Source Note: The provisions of this §250.20 adopted to be effective August 19, 2010, 35 TexReg 7067; amended to be effective October 27, 2014, 39 TexReg 8403; amended to be effective October 21, 2018, 43 TexReg 6843; amended to be effective July 21, 2022, 47 TexReg 4330 |