| 1 | 1 | | 87R554 TSS-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Guillen H.B. No. 1305 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the inclusion of instruction regarding project-based |
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| 8 | 8 | | learning in continuing education requirements for a classroom |
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| 9 | 9 | | teacher. |
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| 10 | 10 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 11 | 11 | | SECTION 1. Section 21.054(d), Education Code, is amended to |
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| 12 | 12 | | read as follows: |
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| 13 | 13 | | (d) Continuing education requirements for a classroom |
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| 14 | 14 | | teacher must provide that at least 25 percent of the training |
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| 15 | 15 | | required every five years include instruction regarding: |
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| 16 | 16 | | (1) collecting and analyzing information that will |
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| 17 | 17 | | improve effectiveness in the classroom; |
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| 18 | 18 | | (2) recognizing early warning indicators that a |
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| 19 | 19 | | student may be at risk of dropping out of school; |
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| 20 | 20 | | (3) digital learning, digital teaching, and |
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| 21 | 21 | | integrating technology into classroom instruction; |
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| 22 | 22 | | (4) project-based learning; |
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| 23 | 23 | | (5) educating diverse student populations, including: |
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| 24 | 24 | | (A) students who are eligible to participate in |
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| 25 | 25 | | special education programs under Subchapter A, Chapter 29; |
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| 26 | 26 | | (B) students who are eligible to receive |
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| 27 | 27 | | educational services required under Section 504, Rehabilitation |
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| 28 | 28 | | Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. Section 794); |
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| 29 | 29 | | (C) students with mental health conditions or who |
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| 30 | 30 | | engage in substance abuse; |
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| 31 | 31 | | (D) students with intellectual or developmental |
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| 32 | 32 | | disabilities; |
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| 33 | 33 | | (E) students who are educationally |
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| 34 | 34 | | disadvantaged; |
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| 35 | 35 | | (F) students of limited English proficiency; and |
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| 36 | 36 | | (G) students at risk of dropping out of school; |
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| 37 | 37 | | (6) [(5)] understanding appropriate relationships, |
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| 38 | 38 | | boundaries, and communications between educators and students; and |
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| 39 | 39 | | (7) [(6)] how mental health conditions, including |
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| 40 | 40 | | grief and trauma, affect student learning and behavior and how |
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| 41 | 41 | | evidence-based, grief-informed, and trauma-informed strategies |
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| 42 | 42 | | support the academic success of students affected by grief and |
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| 43 | 43 | | trauma. |
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| 44 | 44 | | SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date |
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| 45 | 45 | | of this Act, the State Board for Educator Certification shall |
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| 46 | 46 | | propose rules implementing Section 21.054(d), Education Code, as |
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| 47 | 47 | | amended by this Act. |
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| 48 | 48 | | SECTION 3. A classroom teacher subject to continuing |
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| 49 | 49 | | education requirements immediately before the effective date of |
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| 50 | 50 | | this Act is not required to comply with the continuing education |
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| 51 | 51 | | requirements described by Section 21.054(d), Education Code, as |
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| 52 | 52 | | amended by this Act, for any continuing education requirements |
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| 53 | 53 | | period that ends before January 1, 2022. |
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| 54 | 54 | | SECTION 4. This Act applies beginning with the 2021-2022 |
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| 55 | 55 | | school year. |
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| 56 | 56 | | SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 57 | 57 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 58 | 58 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 59 | 59 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 60 | 60 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |
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