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1	1	By: Shapiro, Patrick S.B. No. 1383
2	2	(Eissler)
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to an appraisal and professional development system for
8	8	public school principals.
9	9	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	SECTION 1. The heading to Section 21.354, Education Code,
11	11	is amended to read as follows:
12	12	Sec. 21.354. APPRAISAL OF CERTAIN ADMINISTRATORS.
13	13	SECTION 2. Section 21.354, Education Code, is amended by
14	14	adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:
15	15	(a-1) This section does not apply to the appraisal of the
16	16	performance of a principal.
17	17	SECTION 3. Subchapter H, Chapter 21, Education Code, is
18	18	amended by adding Section 21.3541 to read as follows:
19	19	Sec. 21.3541. APPRAISAL AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
20	20	SYSTEM FOR PRINCIPALS. (a) The commissioner by rule shall
21	21	establish and shall administer a comprehensive appraisal and
22	22	professional development system for principals.
23	23	(b) The commissioner may establish a consortium of
24	24	nationally recognized experts on educational leadership and policy
25	25	to:
26	26	(1) assist the commissioner in effectively
27	27	researching and developing the comprehensive appraisal and
28	28	professional development system described by Subsection (a); and
29	29	(2) evaluate relevant research and practices and make
30	30	recommendations to the commissioner to improve the quality of the
31	31	training, appraisal, professional development, and compensation of
32	32	principals.
33	33	(c) If the commissioner establishes the consortium, the
34	34	commissioner shall select a presiding officer of the consortium.
35	35	The presiding officer:
36	36	(1) must be an expert on educational leadership and
37	37	policy;
38	38	(2) must have a demonstrated ability to lead a
39	39	statewide school leadership reform initiative; and
40	40	(3) may not be employed by a school district in this
41	41	state.
42	42	(d) The commissioner shall establish school leadership
43	43	standards and a set of indicators of successful school leadership
44	44	to align with the training, appraisal, and professional development
45	45	of principals.
46	46	(e) In carrying out the commissioner's powers and duties
47	47	under this section, the commissioner may use only money available
48	48	from private sources that may be used for that purpose.
49	49	(f) In appraising principals, each school district shall
50	50	use either:
51	51	(1) the appraisal system and school leadership
52	52	standards and indicators developed or established by the
53	53	commissioner under this section; or
54	54	(2) an appraisal process and performance criteria:
55	55	(A) developed by the district in consultation
56	56	with the district-level and campus-level committees established
57	57	under Section 11.251; and
58	58	(B) adopted by the board of trustees.
59	59	(g) Each school district shall appraise each principal
60	60	annually.
61	61	(h) Not later than December 1 of 2012 and 2014, the
62	62	commissioner shall submit a written report to the governor,
63	63	lieutenant governor, speaker of the house of representatives, and
64	64	presiding officer of each standing legislative committee with
65	65	primary jurisdiction over public education of:
66	66	(1) any action taken under this section; and
67	67	(2) any recommendations for legislative action
68	68	concerning the training, appraisal, professional development, or
69	69	compensation of principals.
70	70	(i) Subsection (h) and this subsection expire January 1,
71	71	2015.
72	72	SECTION 4. Section 21.451, Education Code, is amended by
73	73	amending Subsections (a) through (d) and adding Subsection (a-1) to
74	74	read as follows:
75	75	(a) The staff development provided by a school district to
76	76	an educator other than a principal must be:
77	77	(1) conducted in accordance with standards developed
78	78	by the district; and
79	79	(2) designed to improve education in the district.
80	80	(a-1) Section 21.3541 and rules adopted under that section
81	81	govern the professional development provided to a principal.
82	82	(b) The staff development described by Subsection (a) must
83	83	be predominantly campus-based, related to achieving campus
84	84	performance objectives established under Section 11.253, and
85	85	developed and approved by the campus-level committee established
86	86	under Section 11.251.
87	87	(c) For staff development under Subsection (a), a [A] school
88	88	district may use district-wide staff development developed and
89	89	approved through the district-level decision process under Section
90	90	11.251.
91	91	(d) The staff development:
92	92	(1) may include training in:
93	93	(A) technology;
94	94	(B) conflict resolution; and
95	95	(C) discipline strategies, including classroom
96	96	management, district discipline policies, and the student code of
97	97	conduct adopted under Section 37.001 and Chapter 37; and
98	98	(2) subject to Subsection (e) and to Section 21.3541
99	99	and rules adopted under that section, must include training based
100	100	on scientifically based research, as defined by Section 9101, No
101	101	Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (20 U.S.C. Section 7801), that:
102	102	(A) relates to instruction of students with
103	103	disabilities; and
104	104	(B) is designed for educators who work primarily
105	105	outside the area of special education.
106	106	SECTION 5. Subsection (e), Section 21.354, Education Code,
107	107	is repealed.
108	108	SECTION 6. Notwithstanding Sections 21.354 and 21.451,
109	109	Education Code, as amended by this Act, until an appraisal and
110	110	professional development system for principals under Section
111	111	21.3541, Education Code, as added by this Act, is implemented,
112	112	public school principals shall be appraised under Section 21.354,
113	113	Education Code, as that section existed before amendment by this
114	114	Act, and the staff development of principals is governed by Section
115	115	21.451, Education Code, as that section existed before amendment by
116	116	this Act.
117	117	SECTION 7. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
118	118	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
119	119	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
120	120	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
121	121	Act takes effect September 1, 2011.