81R11536 EAH-D
By: Olivo H.B. No. 3572
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to assigning mentor teachers to new teachers in certain
subject areas.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 21.458, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsections (a-1) and (e) to read as follows:
(a-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), each school district
shall assign a mentor teacher to each classroom teacher who has less
than one year of teaching experience and is teaching a mathematics
or science course at a high school grade level. A teacher assigned
as a mentor under this subsection must:
(1) teach in the same school;
(2) teach the same subject area; and
(3) meet the qualifications prescribed by
commissioner rules adopted under Subsection (b).
(e) Information obtained by a mentor regarding a new teacher
as a result of the mentoring relationship under this section is
confidential, except that the mentor may share the information with
school district personnel as otherwise required by state or federal
law.
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.