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1	1		By: Taylor of Galveston S.B. No. 1278
2		-	(In the Senate - Filed March 3, 2017; March 13, 2017, read
3		-	first time and referred to Committee on Education; May 1, 2017,
4		-	reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the
5		-	following vote: Yeas 10, Nays 1; May 1, 2017, sent to printer.)
6		-	Click here to see the committee vote
7		-	COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1278 By: Taylor of Galveston
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10	4		A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
11	5		AN ACT
12	6		relating to educator preparation programs.
13	7		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
14	8		SECTION 1. Section 21.045, Education Code, is amended by
15	9		amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsections (a-1), (a-2), (d),
16	10		and (e) to read as follows:
17	11		(a) The board shall propose rules necessary to establish
18	12		standards to govern the continuing accountability of all educator
19	13		preparation programs based on the following information that is
20	14		disaggregated with respect to race, sex, and ethnicity:
21	15		(1) except as provided by Subsections (a-1) and (a-2),
22	16		results of the certification examinations prescribed under Section
23	17		21.048(a) and required for certification in a subject area in which
24	18		a candidate has completed or is completing student teaching or an
25	19		internship or practicum;
26	20		(2) performance based on the appraisal system for
27	21		beginning teachers adopted by the board;
28	22		(3) achievement, including improvement in
29	23		achievement, of students taught by beginning teachers for the first
30	24		three years following certification, to the extent practicable;
31	25		(4) compliance with board requirements regarding the
32	26		frequency, duration, and quality of structural guidance and ongoing
33	27		support provided by field supervisors to candidates completing
34	28		student teaching, clinical teaching, or an internship, provided
35	29		that the board:
36	30		(A) must permit a program to comply with at least
37		-	three of any field supervisor visit requirements through visits
38		-	provided by video, the Internet, or another remote technological
39		-	method if the program also provides at least two in-person visits;
40		-	and
41		-	(B) may not require more than five support visits
42		-	by a field supervisor during the course of an internship; and
	31	+	three of any field supervisor visit requirements for a candidate
	32	+	for certification as a classroom teacher through visits provided by
	33	+	video, the Internet, or another remote technological method if the
	34	+	program also provides at least two in-person visits; and
	35	+	(B) for a candidate for certification as a
	36	+	classroom teacher, may not require more than five support visits by
	37	+	a field supervisor during the course of an internship; and
43	38		(5) results from a teacher satisfaction survey,
44	39		developed by the board with stakeholder input, of new teachers
45	40		performed at the end of the teacher's first year of teaching.
46	41		(a-1) At least two unsuccessful attempts by a candidate to
47	42		perform satisfactorily on a content examination required for
48	43		certification in a subject area in which the candidate serves as a
49	44		teacher of record must be excluded for purposes of Subsection
50	45		(a)(1) if the subject area is determined by the agency, based on
51	46		information maintained by the agency and subject to approval by the
52	47		United States Department of Education, to be a teacher shortage
53	48		area.
54	49		(a-2) At least one unsuccessful attempt by a candidate to
55	50		perform satisfactorily on a content examination required for
56	51		certification in a subject area in which the candidate serves as a
57	52		teacher of record must be excluded for purposes of Subsection
58	53		(a)(1) if the subject area is not determined to be a teacher
59	54		shortage area as described by Subsection (a-1).
60	55		(d) Subject to Subsection (e), a video or audio recording of
61	56		a classroom recorded for purposes of a field supervisor visit
62	57		described by Subsection (a)(4)(A) is confidential, may only be used
63	58		for teacher training by an educator preparation program, and may
64	59		only be viewed by the candidate recorded, a school district
65	60		employee with a supervisory role with respect to the candidate, an
66	61		employee of the educator preparation program, or another person
67	62		authorized by law.
68	63		(e) Subsection (d) does not limit the access of a student's
69	64		parent to a record regarding the student under the Family
70	65		Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (20 U.S.C. Section
71	66		1232g) or other law.
72	67		SECTION 2. Section 21.051(b), Education Code, is amended to
73	68		read as follows:
74	69		(b) Before a school district may employ a candidate for
75	70		certification as a teacher of record, the candidate must complete
76	71		at least 15 hours of field-based experience, which may occur after
77	72		the candidate's admission to an educator preparation program or
78	73		during the two years preceding admission. The candidate may
79	74		satisfy the experience requirement through serving as a substitute
80	75		teacher or teacher's aide for at least five school days or through
81	76		other experience requiring the candidate's active engagement in
82	77		instructional or educational activities. The experience must be
83	78		obtained [in which the candidate is actively engaged in
84	79		instructional or educational activities under supervision] at:
85	80		(1) a public school campus accredited or approved for
86	81		the purpose by the agency; or
87	82		(2) a private school recognized or approved for the
88	83		purpose by the agency.
89	84		SECTION 3. Section 26.009(b), Education Code, is amended to
90	85		read as follows:
91	86		(b) An employee of a school district is not required to
92	87		obtain the consent of a child's parent before the employee may make
93	88		a videotape of a child or authorize the recording of a child's voice
94	89		if the videotape or voice recording is to be used only for:
95	90		(1) purposes of safety, including the maintenance of
96	91		order and discipline in common areas of the school or on school
97	92		buses;
98	93		(2) a purpose related to a cocurricular or
99	94		extracurricular activity;
100	95		(3) a purpose related to regular classroom
101	96		instruction;
102	97		(4) media coverage of the school; [or]
103	98		(5) a purpose related to the promotion of student
104	99		safety under Section 29.022; or
105	100		(6) a purpose related to the provision of support to a
106	101		beginning teacher by a field supervisor under Section 21.045.
107	102		SECTION 4. This Act takes effect only if a specific
108	103		appropriation for the Act is provided in a general appropriations
109	104		act of the 85th Legislature. Any portion of this Act that does not
110	105		require a specific appropriation for implementation takes effect
111	106		immediately, provided that this Act receives the vote necessary for
112	107		immediate effect.
113	108		SECTION 5. Subject to Section 4 of this Act, this Act takes
114	109		effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the
115	110		members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article
116	111		III, Texas Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote
117	112		necessary for immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1,
118	113		2017.
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