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| 1 | 1 | 86R13031 JES-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Allen H.B. No. 3132 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to staff development requirements for public school | |
| 8 | 8 | teachers who provide reading instruction to students in | |
| 9 | 9 | kindergarten through grade three. | |
| 10 | 10 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 11 | 11 | SECTION 1. Section 21.451, Education Code, is amended by | |
| 12 | 12 | adding Subsection (i) to read as follows: | |
| 13 | 13 | (i) The staff development for a classroom teacher who | |
| 14 | 14 | provides reading instruction to students at the kindergarten or | |
| 15 | 15 | first, second, or third grade level must include training in: | |
| 16 | 16 | (1) effective and systematic instructional practices | |
| 17 | 17 | in reading, including phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, | |
| 18 | 18 | vocabulary, and comprehension; and | |
| 19 | 19 | (2) the use of empirically validated instructional | |
| 20 | 20 | methods that are appropriate for assisting struggling readers. | |
| 21 | 21 | SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2019-2020 | |
| 22 | 22 | school year. | |
| 23 | 23 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 24 | 24 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 25 | 25 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 26 | 26 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 27 | 27 | Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |