| 1 | 1 | | By: Meyer H.B. No. 4615 |
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| 4 | 4 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 5 | 5 | | AN ACT |
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| 6 | 6 | | relating to certain performance-based incentives and teacher |
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| 7 | 7 | | education and development initiatives administered by the Texas |
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| 8 | 8 | | Higher Education Coordinating Board. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Chapter 62, Education Code, is amended by adding |
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| 11 | 11 | | Subchapter I to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | SUBCHAPTER I. PERFORMANCE-BASED INCENTIVES AND TEACHER |
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| 13 | 13 | | EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES |
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| 14 | 14 | | Sec. 62.181. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "institution |
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| 15 | 15 | | of higher education" has the meaning assigned by Section 61.003. |
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| 16 | 16 | | Sec. 62.182. FUNDING. The legislature may appropriate |
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| 17 | 17 | | funding for programs established under this subchapter from any |
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| 18 | 18 | | available source. |
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| 19 | 19 | | Sec. 62.183. PERFORMANCE-BASED INCENTIVES. (a) From |
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| 20 | 20 | | funds appropriated for the purpose, the coordinating board shall |
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| 21 | 21 | | provide performance-based incentives to institutions of higher |
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| 22 | 22 | | education based on the achievement of progress toward the goals |
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| 23 | 23 | | established under the state's master plan for higher education |
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| 24 | 24 | | developed under Section 61.051. The coordinating board shall |
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| 25 | 25 | | include adult education, including vocational education, provided |
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| 26 | 26 | | by the Windham School District in the incentive measures developed |
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| 27 | 27 | | under this section. |
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| 28 | 28 | | (b) The coordinating board shall determine eligibility |
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| 29 | 29 | | criteria for and the amount of a performance-based incentive |
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| 30 | 30 | | provided under this section. |
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| 31 | 31 | | Sec. 62.184. TEACHER EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT |
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| 32 | 32 | | INITIATIVES. (a) The coordinating board shall provide grants or |
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| 33 | 33 | | other funding to support teacher education and development |
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| 34 | 34 | | initiatives. |
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| 35 | 35 | | (b) The initiatives may include: |
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| 36 | 36 | | (1) development of or support for high quality |
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| 37 | 37 | | professional development for teachers to increase teacher quality |
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| 38 | 38 | | and student outcomes; |
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| 39 | 39 | | (2) student loan forgiveness programs for |
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| 40 | 40 | | high-performing students who graduate from an institution of higher |
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| 41 | 41 | | education and who commit to teaching in the public schools in this |
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| 42 | 42 | | state for at least eight years immediately following graduation; |
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| 43 | 43 | | (3) the development of a teaching associate degree |
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| 44 | 44 | | program at institutions of higher education that incorporates a |
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| 45 | 45 | | two-year intensive teaching mentorship under a high-performing |
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| 46 | 46 | | teacher and that leads to a teacher certification under Subchapter |
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| 47 | 47 | | B, Chapter 21; or |
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| 48 | 48 | | (4) a competitive grant program for high-performing |
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| 49 | 49 | | teachers at public schools in this state to support grant |
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| 50 | 50 | | recipients' proposals for innovative or promising projects to |
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| 51 | 51 | | improve teacher quality or effectiveness, including projects to |
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| 52 | 52 | | improve or develop best instructional practices, dual language |
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| 53 | 53 | | instruction, professional development curricula for career and |
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| 54 | 54 | | technical education teachers, and conferences or other measures to |
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| 55 | 55 | | promote best pedagogical practices. |
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| 56 | 56 | | (c) The coordinating board shall determine eligibility |
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| 57 | 57 | | criteria for and the amount of funding provided for each initiative |
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| 58 | 58 | | under this section. |
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| 59 | 59 | | Sec. 62.185. RULES. The coordinating board shall adopt |
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| 60 | 60 | | rules for the administration of this subchapter. |
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| 61 | 61 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect January 1, 2020. |
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