| 2 | | - | (In the Senate - Filed March 9, 2017; March 23, 2017, read |
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| 3 | | - | first time and referred to Committee on Education; May 3, 2017, |
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| 4 | | - | reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 3; |
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| 5 | | - | May 3, 2017, sent to printer.) |
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| 6 | | - | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 9 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 10 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 11 | 7 | | relating to appraisal of public school teachers. |
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| 12 | 8 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 13 | 9 | | SECTION 1. Section 21.351, Education Code, is amended by |
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| 14 | 10 | | adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: |
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| 15 | 11 | | (e) Under the recommended appraisal process, a student |
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| 16 | 12 | | evaluation may not be used as a criterion on which to appraise the |
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| 17 | 13 | | performance of a teacher. |
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| 18 | 14 | | SECTION 2. Section 21.352, Education Code, is amended by |
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| 19 | 15 | | adding Subsection (g) to read as follows: |
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| 20 | 16 | | (g) Under the appraisal process developed under this |
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| 21 | 17 | | section, a student evaluation may not be used as a criterion on |
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| 22 | 18 | | which to appraise the performance of a teacher. |
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| 23 | 19 | | SECTION 3. This Act applies beginning with the 2017-2018 |
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| 24 | 20 | | school year. |
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| 25 | 21 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 26 | 22 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 27 | 23 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 28 | 24 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 29 | 25 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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