84R12211 CAE-D
By: Kolkhorst S.B. No. 1632
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to providing a training course for public school
prekindergarten teachers.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter J, Chapter 21, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 21.464 to read as follows:
Sec. 21.464. PREKINDERGARTEN TEACHER TRAINING COURSE. (a)
The commissioner shall develop a prekindergarten teacher training
course to be offered to prekindergarten teachers employed by a
school district or open-enrollment charter school.
(b) A course provided under this section shall provide
instruction in the development and operation of effective
prekindergarten classes, including training in:
(1) the prekindergarten guidelines established by the
agency;
(2) effective and systematic instructional techniques
for teaching prekindergarten students using the prekindergarten
guidelines; and
(3) designing and implementing a comprehensive
curriculum in the classroom.
(c) The commissioner shall contract with each regional
education service center to provide the prekindergarten teacher
training course developed under this section.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.