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| 1 | 1 | 86R1502 SRS-F | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Lucio S.B. No. 1559 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the hiring of retired classroom teachers or retired | |
| 8 | 8 | education professionals to serve as mentor teachers. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Section 21.458, Education Code, is amended by | |
| 11 | 11 | adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | (a-1) A school district may contract with a retired | |
| 13 | 13 | classroom teacher or a retired education professional to provide | |
| 14 | 14 | mentoring to teachers in the district under this section. A mentor | |
| 15 | 15 | teacher hired under this subsection must: | |
| 16 | 16 | (1) comply with Subsections(b)(1) and (2); and | |
| 17 | 17 | (2) meet the qualifications required under Subsection | |
| 18 | 18 | (b)(3). | |
| 19 | 19 | SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2019-2020 | |
| 20 | 20 | school year. | |
| 21 | 21 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 22 | 22 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 23 | 23 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 24 | 24 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 25 | 25 | Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |