81R23150 CAE-F By: Allen H.B. No. 4435 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the requirement for participation by certain principals in the school leadership pilot program for principals. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 11.203(d), Education Code, is amended to read as follows: (d) A principal who was employed as a principal at a campus that was [of a campus] rated academically unacceptable during the preceding school year [, as well as any person employed to replace that principal,] shall participate in the program and complete the program requirements not later than a date determined by the commissioner. SECTION 2. Section 11.203(d), Education Code, as amended by this Act, applies only to a principal employed at a school that is rated academically unacceptable during the 2008-2009 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.