87R554 TSS-F
By: Guillen H.B. No. 1305
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the inclusion of instruction regarding project-based
learning in continuing education requirements for a classroom
teacher.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 21.054(d), Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(d) Continuing education requirements for a classroom
teacher must provide that at least 25 percent of the training
required every five years include instruction regarding:
(1) collecting and analyzing information that will
improve effectiveness in the classroom;
(2) recognizing early warning indicators that a
student may be at risk of dropping out of school;
(3) digital learning, digital teaching, and
integrating technology into classroom instruction;
(4) project-based learning;
(5) educating diverse student populations, including:
(A) students who are eligible to participate in
special education programs under Subchapter A, Chapter 29;
(B) students who are eligible to receive
educational services required under Section 504, Rehabilitation
Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. Section 794);
(C) students with mental health conditions or who
engage in substance abuse;
(D) students with intellectual or developmental
disabilities;
(E) students who are educationally
disadvantaged;
(F) students of limited English proficiency; and
(G) students at risk of dropping out of school;
(6) [(5)] understanding appropriate relationships,
boundaries, and communications between educators and students; and
(7) [(6)] how mental health conditions, including
grief and trauma, affect student learning and behavior and how
evidence-based, grief-informed, and trauma-informed strategies
support the academic success of students affected by grief and
trauma.
SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date
of this Act, the State Board for Educator Certification shall
propose rules implementing Section 21.054(d), Education Code, as
amended by this Act.
SECTION 3. A classroom teacher subject to continuing
education requirements immediately before the effective date of
this Act is not required to comply with the continuing education
requirements described by Section 21.054(d), Education Code, as
amended by this Act, for any continuing education requirements
period that ends before January 1, 2022.
SECTION 4. This Act applies beginning with the 2021-2022
school year.
SECTION 5. 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, 2021.