| 1 | 1 | | 85R4275 KKA-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Phelan H.B. No. 2775 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to requirements for educator preparation program support |
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| 8 | 8 | | for certain candidates for certification. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 21.044, Education Code, is amended by |
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| 11 | 11 | | adding Subsection (f-1) to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (f-1) Board rules addressing ongoing educator preparation |
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| 13 | 13 | | program support for a candidate seeking certification in a |
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| 14 | 14 | | certification class other than classroom teacher may not require |
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| 15 | 15 | | that an educator preparation program conduct one or more formal |
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| 16 | 16 | | observations of the candidate on the candidate's site in a |
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| 17 | 17 | | face-to-face setting. The rules must permit each required formal |
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| 18 | 18 | | observation to occur on the candidate's site or through use of |
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| 19 | 19 | | electronic transmission or other video-based or technology-based |
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| 20 | 20 | | method. |
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| 21 | 21 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 22 | 22 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 23 | 23 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 24 | 24 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 25 | 25 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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