Texas 2017 - 85th Regular

Texas House Bill HB2924 Compare Versions

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1	1	85R11753 KKA-F
2	2	By: Bohac H.B. No. 2924
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to educator preparation programs.
8	8	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
9	9	SECTION 1. Section 21.045, Education Code, is amended by
10	10	amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as
11	11	follows:
12	12	(a) The board shall propose rules necessary to establish
13	13	standards to govern the continuing accountability of all educator
14	14	preparation programs based on the following information that is
15	15	disaggregated with respect to race, sex, and ethnicity:
16	16	(1) results of the certification examinations
17	17	prescribed under Section 21.048(a), except as provided by
18	18	Subsection (a-1);
19	19	(2) performance based on the appraisal system for
20	20	beginning teachers adopted by the board;
21	21	(3) achievement, including improvement in
22	22	achievement, of students taught by beginning teachers for the first
23	23	three years following certification, to the extent practicable;
24	24	(4) compliance with board requirements regarding the
25	25	frequency, duration, and quality of structural guidance and ongoing
26	26	support provided by field supervisors to candidates completing
27	27	student teaching, clinical teaching, or an internship, provided
28	28	that the board:
29	29	(A) must permit a program to comply with at least
30	30	three of any field supervisor visit requirements through visits
31	31	provided by video, the Internet, or another remote technological
32	32	method; and
33	33	(B) may not require more than five support visits
34	34	by a field supervisor during the course of an internship; and
35	35	(5) results from a teacher satisfaction survey,
36	36	developed by the board with stakeholder input, of new teachers
37	37	performed at the end of the teacher's first year of teaching.
38	38	(a-1) Results on a content examination required for
39	39	certification in a subject area are not included for purposes of
40	40	Subsection (a)(1) if the subject area is determined by the agency,
41	41	based on information maintained by the agency and subject to
42	42	approval by the United States Department of Education, to be a
43	43	teacher shortage area.
44	44	SECTION 2. Section 21.051(b), Education Code, is amended to
45	45	read as follows:
46	46	(b) Before a school district may employ a candidate for
47	47	certification as a teacher of record, the candidate must complete
48	48	at least 15 hours of field-based experience, which may occur after
49	49	the candidate's admission to an educator preparation program or
50	50	during the two years preceding admission. The field-based
51	51	experience may be satisfied by observing a teacher certified by
52	52	this state [in which the candidate is] actively engaged in
53	53	instructional or educational activities, or by serving as a
54	54	substitute teacher or teacher's aide, [under supervision] at:
55	55	(1) a public school campus accredited or approved for
56	56	the purpose by the agency; or
57	57	(2) a private school recognized or approved for the
58	58	purpose by the agency.
59	59	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
60	60	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
61	61	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
62	62	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
63	63	Act takes effect September 1, 2017.