Texas 2021 - 87th Regular

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1		-	By: Guillen, Ramos, Muñoz, Jr. H.B. No. 1207
	1	+	87R564 MM-D
	2	+	By: Guillen H.B. No. 1207
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4	5		A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
5	6		AN ACT
6	7		relating to additional optional training and course work for public
7	8		school principals.
8	9		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
9	10		SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 21, Education Code, is
10	11		amended by adding Section 21.0461 to read as follows:
11	12		Sec. 21.0461. SCHOOL TURNAROUND SPECIALIST ENDORSEMENT TO
12	13		PRINCIPAL CERTIFICATE. (a) The board shall propose rules
13	14		establishing the training requirements and course work a principal
14	15		must successfully complete to receive a school turnaround
15	16		specialist endorsement as an addendum to a principal certificate.
16	17		In proposing the rules, the board shall ensure that each person who
17		-	receives the endorsement:
18		-	(1) demonstrates the knowledge and skills necessary to
19		-	significantly improve teacher and student performance at a campus
20		-	assigned an overall performance rating of F under Section 39.054;
21		-	(2) has served as a principal at a campus that has
22		-	successfully implemented a campus turnaround plan under Subchapter
23		-	C, Chapter 39A; and
24		-	(3) did not serve as a principal at a campus that was
25		-	assigned an overall performance rating of F under Section 39.054
26		-	for two or more consecutive school years.
	18	+	receives the endorsement demonstrates the knowledge and skills
	19	+	necessary to significantly improve teacher and student performance
	20	+	at a campus assigned an overall performance rating of F under
	21	+	Section 39.054.
27	22		(b) The board shall solicit proposals for a school
28	23		turnaround specialist endorsement program from appropriate
29	24		educator preparation programs. From among school turnaround
30	25		specialist endorsement programs proposed to the board that are
31	26		capable of satisfying the requirements prescribed by Subsection
32	27		(c), the board may select not more than three of the programs that
33	28		may be offered to principals.
34	29		(c) A school turnaround specialist endorsement program
35	30		under this section must:
36	31		(1) partner with one or more school districts that
37	32		need principals with the training and education necessary to
38	33		significantly improve teacher and student performance at one or
39	34		more campuses assigned an overall performance rating of F under
40	35		Section 39.054;
41	36		(2) have appropriately qualified faculty to:
42	37		(A) conduct a campus leadership-needs analysis;
43	38		(B) develop and provide the training and course
44	39		work required by rules proposed under this section; and
45	40		(C) provide necessary support to program
46	41		candidates;
47	42		(3) establish a selective admissions process to ensure
48	43		that each principal admitted to the program:
49	44		(A) possesses a significant knowledge of
50	45		educational organizations, educational instruction, and teacher
51	46		professional development;
52	47		(B) demonstrates the ability to develop and
53	48		implement campus-based systems that result in increased capacity
54	49		for improving student learning; and
55	50		(C) demonstrates the attributes of principals
56	51		who have significantly improved teacher and student performance at
57	52		underperforming campuses;
58	53		(4) offer a full-time internship that continues for at
59	54		least one semester and provides meaningful interaction with the
60	55		central administrative office of a school district; and
61	56		(5) collaborate with school districts to provide
62	57		program participants who complete the program continued support for
63	58		at least two years after the participants' initial assignment to a
64	59		campus.
65	60		(d) To be eligible for admission to a school turnaround
66	61		specialist endorsement program under this section, a principal
67	62		must:
68	63		(1) hold a principal certificate;
69	64		(2) have served as a principal or assistant principal
70	65		for at least three school years before applying to the program;
71	66		(3) demonstrate significant knowledge of educational
72	67		organizations, educational instruction, and teacher professional
73	68		development;
74	69		(4) demonstrate the attributes of principals who have
75	70		significantly improved teacher and student performance at
76	71		underperforming campuses; and
77	72		(5) provide evidence of the ability to develop and
78	73		implement campus-based systems that result in increased capacity
79	74		for improving student learning.
80	75		(e) The board shall periodically evaluate school turnaround
81	76		specialist endorsement programs selected under this section. For
82	77		purposes of evaluating the programs, the board shall require each
83	78		program to submit data, as determined appropriate by the board, for
84	79		each year and at each five-year interval.
85	80		SECTION 2. (a) Not later than January 1, 2022, the State
86	81		Board for Educator Certification shall propose rules relating to
87	82		the school turnaround specialist endorsement to the school
88	83		principal certificate as provided by Section 21.0461, Education
89	84		Code, as added by this Act.
90	85		(b) Not later than March 1, 2022, the State Board for
91	86		Educator Certification shall solicit proposals for a school
92	87		turnaround specialist endorsement program as provided by Section
93	88		21.0461, Education Code, as added by this Act.
94	89		SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
95	90		a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
96	91		provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
97	92		Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
98	93		Act takes effect September 1, 2021.