Texas Representative Will Metcalf, R-Conroe, has recently introduced a bill that proposes a unique requirement for the state’s commissioner of education, Mike Morath. Under this bill, Commissioner Morath would be required to personally teach K-12 students every fiscal year.
This means that students across Texas could potentially have the honor to learn directly from the commissioner himself – who has actually only taught one high school class, and not even for a full year.
Morath has actually said that he remains amazed at how difficult it is to teach.
House Bill 3896 states that the commissioner “shall teach for one continuous week in each grade from kindergarten through 12th grade each fiscal year.” That is 13 weeks of continuous teaching, and upon completion, he must file a statement with the appropriate committees in the senate and the house of representatives.