By: Aycock (Senate Sponsor - Seliger) H.B. No. 2318
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 6, 2013;
May 7, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on
Education; May 15, 2013, reported adversely, with favorable
Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0;
May 15, 2013, sent to printer.)
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 2318 By: Seliger
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to public school educator preparation and alternative
certification programs.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 21, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 21.0453 to read as follows:
Sec. 21.0453. INFORMATION FOR CANDIDATES FOR TEACHER
CERTIFICATION. (a) The board shall require an educator
preparation program to provide candidates for teacher
certification with information concerning the following:
(1) skills and responsibilities required of teachers;
(2) expectations for student performance based on
state standards;
(3) the current supply of and demand for teachers in
this state;
(4) the importance of developing classroom management
skills; and
(5) the state's framework for appraisal of teachers
and principals.
(b) The board may propose rules as necessary for
administration of this section, including rules to ensure that
accurate and consistent information is provided by all educator
preparation programs.
SECTION 2. Section 21.048(a), Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 21.048. CERTIFICATION EXAMINATIONS. (a) The board
shall propose rules prescribing comprehensive examinations for
each class of certificate issued by the board. The commissioner
shall determine the satisfactory level of performance required for
each certification examination. For the issuance of a generalist
certificate, the commissioner shall require a satisfactory level of
examination performance in each core subject covered by the
examination.
SECTION 3. Subchapter B, Chapter 21, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 21.061 to read as follows:
Sec. 21.061. REVIEW AND UPDATING OF EDUCATOR PREPARATION
PROGRAMS. The board shall, after consulting with appropriate
higher education faculty and public school teachers and
administrators and soliciting advice from other interested persons
with relevant knowledge and experience, develop and carry out a
process for reviewing and, as necessary, updating standards and
requirements for educator preparation programs.
SECTION 4. The State Board for Educator Certification shall
complete an initial review of and implement any updated standards
and requirements for educator preparation and alternative
certification programs as required by Section 21.061, Education
Code, as added by this Act, not later than September 1, 2014.
SECTION 5. Not later than January 1, 2014, the commissioner
of education shall determine performance levels for certification
examinations as provided by Section 21.048(a), Education Code, as
amended by this Act.
SECTION 6. 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, 2013.
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