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| 1 | 1 | 81R9120 EAH-F | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Farias H.B. No. 3771 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to authorization for school districts to provide mentors | |
| 8 | 8 | for teachers assigned to a new subject or grade level. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Section 21.458(a), Education Code, is amended to | |
| 11 | 11 | read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | (a) Each school district may assign a mentor teacher to each | |
| 13 | 13 | classroom teacher who has less than two years of teaching | |
| 14 | 14 | experience in the subject or grade level to which the teacher is | |
| 15 | 15 | assigned. A teacher assigned as a mentor must: | |
| 16 | 16 | (1) teach in the same school; | |
| 17 | 17 | (2) to the extent practicable, teach the same subject | |
| 18 | 18 | or grade level, as applicable; and | |
| 19 | 19 | (3) meet the qualifications prescribed by | |
| 20 | 20 | commissioner rules adopted under Subsection (b). | |
| 21 | 21 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 22 | 22 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 23 | 23 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 24 | 24 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 25 | 25 | Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |