85R11753 KKA-F
By: Bohac H.B. No. 2924
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to educator preparation programs.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 21.045, Education Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as
follows:
(a) The board shall propose rules necessary to establish
standards to govern the continuing accountability of all educator
preparation programs based on the following information that is
disaggregated with respect to race, sex, and ethnicity:
(1) results of the certification examinations
prescribed under Section 21.048(a), except as provided by
Subsection (a-1);
(2) performance based on the appraisal system for
beginning teachers adopted by the board;
(3) achievement, including improvement in
achievement, of students taught by beginning teachers for the first
three years following certification, to the extent practicable;
(4) compliance with board requirements regarding the
frequency, duration, and quality of structural guidance and ongoing
support provided by field supervisors to candidates completing
student teaching, clinical teaching, or an internship, provided
that the board:
(A) must permit a program to comply with at least
three of any field supervisor visit requirements through visits
provided by video, the Internet, or another remote technological
method; and
(B) may not require more than five support visits
by a field supervisor during the course of an internship; and
(5) results from a teacher satisfaction survey,
developed by the board with stakeholder input, of new teachers
performed at the end of the teacher's first year of teaching.
(a-1) Results on a content examination required for
certification in a subject area are not included for purposes of
Subsection (a)(1) if the subject area is determined by the agency,
based on information maintained by the agency and subject to
approval by the United States Department of Education, to be a
teacher shortage area.
SECTION 2. Section 21.051(b), Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(b) Before a school district may employ a candidate for
certification as a teacher of record, the candidate must complete
at least 15 hours of field-based experience, which may occur after
the candidate's admission to an educator preparation program or
during the two years preceding admission. The field-based
experience may be satisfied by observing a teacher certified by
this state [in which the candidate is] actively engaged in
instructional or educational activities, or by serving as a
substitute teacher or teacher's aide, [under supervision] at:
(1) a public school campus accredited or approved for
the purpose by the agency; or
(2) a private school recognized or approved for the
purpose by the agency.
SECTION 3. 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, 2017.