By: Uresti S.B. No. 1785
(In the Senate - Filed March 9, 2017; March 23, 2017, read
first time and referred to Committee on Education; May 3, 2017,
reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 3;
May 3, 2017, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to appraisal of public school teachers.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 21.351, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
(e) Under the recommended appraisal process, a student
evaluation may not be used as a criterion on which to appraise the
performance of a teacher.
SECTION 2. Section 21.352, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (g) to read as follows:
(g) Under the appraisal process developed under this
section, a student evaluation may not be used as a criterion on
which to appraise the performance of a teacher.
SECTION 3. This Act applies beginning with the 2017-2018
school year.
SECTION 4. 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.
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