82R25100 PAM-F
By: Huberty, Creighton, Eissler, Pitts, H.B. No. 2923
Geren, et al.
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2923:
By: Pitts C.S.H.B. No. 2923
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to state control of teacher appraisal criteria, curriculum
standards, and assessment instruments.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 21.351(a), Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) The commissioner shall adopt a recommended appraisal
process and criteria on which to appraise the performance of
teachers. The commissioner may not adopt or develop a recommended
appraisal process and criteria based on any federally enacted or
nationally applicable appraisal criteria incorporating the results
of student performance on assessment instruments. The criteria
must be based on observable, job-related behavior, including:
(1) teachers' implementation of discipline management
procedures; and
(2) the performance of teachers' students.
SECTION 2. Section 28.002, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsections (b-1), (b-2), (b-3), and (b-4) to read as
follows:
(b-1) In this section, "national curriculum standards"
includes any curriculum standards endorsed, approved, sanctioned,
or promoted by the United States Department of Education, the
National Governors Association, or the Council of Chief State
School Officers.
(b-2) The State Board of Education may not adopt national
curriculum standards to comply with a duty imposed under this
chapter.
(b-3) A school district may not use national curriculum
standards to comply with the requirement to provide instruction in
the essential knowledge and skills at appropriate grade levels
under Subsection (c).
(b-4) Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, a
school district or open-enrollment charter school may not be
required to offer any aspect of a national curriculum.
SECTION 3. Section 39.023, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (a-2) to read as follows:
(a-2) The agency may not adopt or develop a
criterion-referenced assessment instrument under this section
based on national curriculum standards as defined by Section
28.002(b-1).
SECTION 4. 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, 2011.