| 1 | 1 | | 81R2695 KKA-D |
|---|
| 2 | 2 | | By: Patrick H.B. No. 511 |
|---|
| 3 | 3 | | |
|---|
| 4 | 4 | | |
|---|
| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
|---|
| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
|---|
| 7 | 7 | | relating to staff development requirements in public schools. |
|---|
| 8 | 8 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
|---|
| 9 | 9 | | SECTION 1. Section 21.451, Education Code, is amended by |
|---|
| 10 | 10 | | amending Subsection (d) and adding Subsections (e), (f), and (g) to |
|---|
| 11 | 11 | | read as follows: |
|---|
| 12 | 12 | | (d) The staff development [may]: |
|---|
| 13 | 13 | | (1) may include training in: |
|---|
| 14 | 14 | | (A) technology; |
|---|
| 15 | 15 | | (B) conflict resolution; and |
|---|
| 16 | 16 | | (C) discipline strategies, including classroom |
|---|
| 17 | 17 | | management, district discipline policies, and the student code of |
|---|
| 18 | 18 | | conduct adopted under Section 37.001 and Chapter 37; and |
|---|
| 19 | 19 | | (2) subject to Subsection (e), must include |
|---|
| 20 | 20 | | research-based training that: |
|---|
| 21 | 21 | | (A) relates to instruction of students with |
|---|
| 22 | 22 | | disabilities; and |
|---|
| 23 | 23 | | (B) is designed for educators who work primarily |
|---|
| 24 | 24 | | outside the area of special education. |
|---|
| 25 | 25 | | (e) A school district is required to provide the training |
|---|
| 26 | 26 | | described by Subsection (d)(2) to an educator who works primarily |
|---|
| 27 | 27 | | outside the area of special education only on the recommendation of |
|---|
| 28 | 28 | | the admission, review, and dismissal committee for a student |
|---|
| 29 | 29 | | receiving instruction from the educator. |
|---|
| 30 | 30 | | (f) In developing the training required by Subsection |
|---|
| 31 | 31 | | (d)(2), a school district must consult with persons with expertise |
|---|
| 32 | 32 | | in research-based practices for students with disabilities. |
|---|
| 33 | 33 | | Persons who may be consulted under this subsection include |
|---|
| 34 | 34 | | colleges, universities, private and nonprofit organizations, |
|---|
| 35 | 35 | | regional education service centers, and any other persons |
|---|
| 36 | 36 | | identified as qualified by the district. This subsection applies |
|---|
| 37 | 37 | | to all training required by Subsection (d)(2), regardless of |
|---|
| 38 | 38 | | whether the training is provided at the campus or district level. |
|---|
| 39 | 39 | | (g) The staff development may[; and |
|---|
| 40 | 40 | | [(3)] include instruction as to what is permissible |
|---|
| 41 | 41 | | under law, including opinions of the United States Supreme Court |
|---|
| 42 | 42 | | and guidance from the United States Department of Education, |
|---|
| 43 | 43 | | regarding prayer in public school. |
|---|
| 44 | 44 | | SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2009-2010 |
|---|
| 45 | 45 | | school year. |
|---|
| 46 | 46 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
|---|
| 47 | 47 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
|---|
| 48 | 48 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
|---|
| 49 | 49 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
|---|
| 50 | 50 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
|---|