H.B. No. 2318
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:
(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.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2318 was passed by the House on May 2,
2013, by the following vote: Yeas 147, Nays 0, 2 present, not
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
No. 2318 on May 23, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 0,
2 present, not voting.
______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2318 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 20, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays
0.
______________________________
Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________
Date
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Governor