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1	1	S.B. No. 451
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4	4	AN ACT
5	5	relating to staff development requirements in public schools.
6	6	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
7	7	SECTION 1. Section 21.451, Education Code, is amended by
8	8	amending Subsection (d) and adding Subsections (e), (f), and (g) to
9	9	read as follows:
10	10	(d) The staff development [may]:
11	11	(1) may include training in:
12	12	(A) technology;
13	13	(B) conflict resolution; and
14	14	(C) discipline strategies, including classroom
15	15	management, district discipline policies, and the student code of
16	16	conduct adopted under Section 37.001 and Chapter 37; and
17	17	(2) subject to Subsection (e), must include training
18	18	based on scientifically based research, as defined by Section 9101,
19	19	No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (20 U.S.C. Section 7801), that:
20	20	(A) relates to instruction of students with
21	21	disabilities; and
22	22	(B) is designed for educators who work primarily
23	23	outside the area of special education.
24	24	(e) A school district is required to provide the training
25	25	described by Subsection (d)(2) to an educator who works primarily
26	26	outside the area of special education only if the educator does not
27	27	possess the knowledge and skills necessary to implement the
28	28	individualized education program developed for a student receiving
29	29	instruction from the educator. A district may determine the time
30	30	and place at which the training is delivered.
31	31	(f) In developing or maintaining the training required by
32	32	Subsection (d)(2), a school district must consult with persons with
33	33	expertise in research-based practices for students with
34	34	disabilities. Persons who may be consulted under this subsection
35	35	include colleges, universities, private and nonprofit
36	36	organizations, regional education service centers, qualified
37	37	district personnel, and any other persons identified as qualified
38	38	by the district. This subsection applies to all training required
39	39	by Subsection (d)(2), regardless of whether the training is
40	40	provided at the campus or district level.
41	41	(g) The staff development may[; and
42	42	[(3)] include instruction as to what is permissible
43	43	under law, including opinions of the United States Supreme Court,
44	44	regarding prayer in public school.
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 hereby certify that S.B. No. 451 passed the Senate on
55	55	March 31, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that
56	56	the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 28, 2009, by the
57	57	following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
58	58	______________________________
59	59	Secretary of the Senate
60	60	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 451 passed the House, with
61	61	amendment, on May 20, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 140,
62	62	Nays 0, one present not voting.
63	63	______________________________
64	64	Chief Clerk of the House
65	65	Approved:
66	66	______________________________
67	67	Date
68	68	______________________________
69	69	Governor