81R12115 CAS-D
By: Fletcher H.B. No. 3506
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the creation of the Public Education Management
Institute of Texas.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 96, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 96.66 to read as follows:
Sec. 96.66. PUBLIC EDUCATION MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE OF TEXAS.
(a) In this section:
(1) "Fund" means the Public Education Management
Institute of Texas fund.
(2) "Institute" means the Public Education Management
Institute of Texas.
(3) "Public school administrator" means a person who
holds or seeks employment with a school district for which the
person is required to be certified as an administrator under
Subchapter B, Chapter 21.
(b) The Public Education Management Institute of Texas is
created for the training of public school administrators. The
headquarters of the institute are at Sam Houston State University.
The institute is under the supervision and direction of the
president of Sam Houston State University and shall be operated and
managed as a joint program among Sam Houston State University, the
University of North Texas, and Texas State University--San Marcos.
(c) Any public school administrator in this state, whether
or not the person is sponsored by an employing school district, may
participate in an institute training program. The costs of
participating in an institute training program by a person who is a
resident of this state, including the costs of tuition, books,
room, board, and travel, shall be paid from the fund. The president
of Sam Houston State University shall establish reasonable charges
for participation in an institute training program by a person who
is not a resident of this state.
(d) The fund is in the state treasury. The president of Sam
Houston State University shall use the fund in administering the
institute.
(e) The board of regents of the Texas State University
System may acquire, purchase, construct, improve, renovate,
enlarge, or equip property, buildings, structures, facilities,
roads, or related infrastructure for the institute to be financed
by the issuance of bonds in accordance with Subchapter B, Chapter
55. The board of regents may pledge irrevocably to the payment of
those bonds a portion of the proceeds of the fund. The amount of a
pledge made under this subsection may not be reduced or abrogated
while the bonds for which the pledge is made, or bonds issued to
refund those bonds, are outstanding.
(f) The State Board for Educator Certification shall accept
completion of an institute training program by a public school
administrator as meeting, for the year in which the administrator
completes the program, the administrator's continuing education
requirement under rules proposed under Section 21.054.
(g) At the request of a public school administrator who
completes an institute training program, an institution of higher
education identified in Subsection (b) shall award the person up to
12 hours of credit towards a graduate degree in education. A public
school administrator is not entitled to credit under this
subsection at more than one institution of higher education.
(h) The president of Sam Houston State University may
establish rules relating to the institute.
SECTION 2. Not later than January 1, 2010, Sam Houston State
University, in cooperation with the University of North Texas and
Texas State University--San Marcos, shall establish the Public
Education Management Institute of Texas, as required by Section
96.66, Education Code, as added by this Act. Not later than January
1, 2011, the Public Education Management Institute of Texas shall
begin offering training programs to public school administrators.
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.