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1	1	H.B. No. 709
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4	4	AN ACT
5	5	relating to the award of stipends to nationally certified classroom
6	6	teachers under the educator excellence awards program.
7	7	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
8	8	SECTION 1. Section 21.705, Education Code, is amended to
9	9	read as follows:
10	10	Sec. 21.705. AWARD PAYMENTS. A school district must use at
11	11	least 60 percent of grant funds awarded to the district under this
12	12	subchapter to directly award classroom teachers who effectively
13	13	improve student achievement as determined by meaningful, objective
14	14	measures. The remaining funds must be used only to:
15	15	(1) provide stipends to effective mentors or teacher
16	16	coaches;
17	17	(2) provide stipends to classroom teachers who are
18	18	certified in a subject that is designated by the commissioner as
19	19	commonly experiencing a critical shortage of teachers;
20	20	(3) provide stipends to classroom teachers who are
21	21	certified under Subchapter B in the main subject area in which they
22	22	teach;
23	23	(4) provide stipends to classroom teachers with proven
24	24	records of success for improving student performance who are
25	25	assigned to campuses at which the district has experienced
26	26	difficulty assigning or retaining teachers;
27	27	(5) provide stipends to classroom teachers who hold
28	28	postgraduate degrees;
29	29	(6) provide stipends to classroom teachers who hold
30	30	advanced certification from an organization that certifies at least
31	31	2,500 teachers in the United States each year based on the teachers'
32	32	satisfaction, through study, expert evaluation, self-assessment,
33	33	and peer review, of high and rigorous standards for accomplished
34	34	teaching;
35	35	(7) provide awards to principals who effectively
36	36	increase student performance as determined by objective measures;
37	37	(8) [(7)] provide awards to other campus employees who
38	38	demonstrate excellence; or
39	39	(9) [(8)] implement the components of a Teacher
40	40	Advancement Program (TAP), including:
41	41	(A) an instructionally focused accountability
42	42	system; and
43	43	(B) the adjustment of teaching schedules to
44	44	permit ongoing applied professional growth.
45	45	SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2009-2010
46	46	school year.
47	47	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
48	48	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
49	49	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
50	50	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
51	51	Act takes effect September 1, 2009.
52	52	______________________________ ______________________________
53	53	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
54	54	I certify that H.B. No. 709 was passed by the House on April
55	55	15, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 139, Nays 3, 1 present, not
56	56	voting.
57	57	______________________________
58	58	Chief Clerk of the House
59	59	I certify that H.B. No. 709 was passed by the Senate on May
60	60	21, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
61	61	______________________________
62	62	Secretary of the Senate
63	63	APPROVED: _____________________
64	64	Date
65	65	_____________________
66	66	Governor