87R307 JES-F
By: Powell S.B. No. 193
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to an audit by the Texas Education Agency of public school
professional development training requirements.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 21.4513(a) and (b), Education Code, are
amended to read as follows:
(a) Using only available funds and resources from public or
private sources, the agency shall [periodically] conduct an audit
at least once every four years of the professional development
requirements applicable to educators in this state and any other
continuing education and training requirements, including state
and federal requirements and requirements imposed by school
districts.
(b) Based on audit results, the agency, with input from
stakeholders and organizations that represent educators, shall
consider the value of maintaining existing state-mandated training
requirements relating to specific topics and seek to eliminate any
unnecessary topic-specific training requirements, eliminate any
conflicting requirements, and consolidate any duplicative
requirements through the following methods, as appropriate:
(1) taking administrative action;
(2) encouraging school districts to make appropriate
changes to district policies; or
(3) recommending statutory changes to the
legislature.
SECTION 2. Not later than December 31, 2022, the Texas
Education Agency shall complete an audit of professional
development training requirements as required by Section 21.4513,
Education Code, as amended by this Act.
SECTION 3. The Texas Education Agency is required to
implement a provision of this Act only if the legislature
appropriates money specifically for that purpose. If the
legislature does not appropriate money specifically for that
purpose, the Texas Education Agency may, but is not required to,
implement a provision of this Act using other appropriations
available for that purpose.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.