82R3901 VOO-D
By: Patrick H.B. No. 1054
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to continuing education requirements for educators.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 21.054, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsections (b), (c), and (d) to read as follows:
(b) Continuing education requirements for an educator must
provide that 25 percent of the training required every five years
include instruction regarding:
(1) collecting and analyzing information that will
improve effectiveness in the classroom;
(2) integrating technology into classroom
instruction;
(3) educating diverse student populations, including:
(A) students with disabilities;
(B) students who are economically disadvantaged;
and
(C) students of limited English proficiency; and
(4) the subject area taught by the educator.
(c) Continuing education requirements each year for an
educator primarily employed at a school campus that for more than
two consecutive years has failed to meet a Performance-Based
Monitoring Analysis System indicator standard established by the
commissioner or a standard established by the commissioner under
Section 39.053(e) or (f) must include training specifically
developed to assist the educator in improving campus performance on
the indicators and standards.
(d) Continuing education requirements for an educator each
year must be linked to any areas identified in the educator's
appraisal as needing improvement.
SECTION 2. Not later than January 1, 2012, the State Board
for Educator Certification shall propose rules implementing
Section 21.054, Education Code, as amended by this Act.
SECTION 3. An educator subject to continuing education
requirements immediately before the effective date of this Act is
not required to comply with the continuing education requirements
described by Section 21.054(b), Education Code, as added by this
Act, for any continuing education requirements period that ends
before January 1, 2015.
SECTION 4. An educator subject to continuing education
requirements immediately before the effective date of this Act is
not required to comply with the continuing education requirements
described by Section 21.054(c) or (d), Education Code, as added by
this Act, for any continuing education requirements period that
ends before January 1, 2014.
SECTION 5. This Act applies beginning with the 2012-2013
school year.
SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.