81R11170 EAH-F
By: Farabee H.B. No. 2351
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to participation by certain educational aides in a school
district's mentoring program.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 21.458, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (a-1) and amending Subsection (c) to read as
follows:
(a-1) Each school district may assign a mentor to each
educational aide who has less than one year of classroom
experience. A person assigned as a mentor under this subsection is
not required to be a teacher and is not subject to the requirements
prescribed by Subsections (a) and (b) that apply to a mentor teacher
assigned to mentor a classroom teacher.
(c) From the funds appropriated to the agency for purposes
of this section, the commissioner shall adopt rules and provide
funding to school districts that assign mentors [mentor teachers]
under this section. Funding provided to districts under this
section may be used only for providing:
(1) mentor [teacher] stipends;
(2) scheduled time for mentors [mentor teachers] to
provide mentoring to assigned classroom teachers and educational
aides; and
(3) mentoring support through providers of mentor
training.
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2009-2010
school year.
SECTION 3. 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, 2009.