Texas 2023 - 88th Regular

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1	1	88R7927 PRL-D
2	2	By: Dutton H.B. No. 2358
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to the creation of the Texas Teacher Residency Partnership
8	8	Program and a residency partnership allotment under the Foundation
9	9	School Program.
10	10	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
11	11	SECTION 1. Chapter 21, Education Code, is amended by adding
12	12	Subchapter R to read as follows:
13	13	SUBCHAPTER R. TEXAS TEACHER RESIDENCY PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM
14	14	Sec. 21.901. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter:
15	15	(1) "Board" means the State Board for Educator
16	16	Certification.
17	17	(2) "Mentor teacher" means a classroom teacher who:
18	18	(A) meets the qualifications for assignment as a
19	19	mentor under Section 21.458; and
20	20	(B) is employed by a school district or
21	21	open-enrollment charter school participating in a partnership
22	22	program under this subchapter and paired with a partnership
23	23	resident at the district or school.
24	24	(3) "Partnership program" means a Texas Teacher
25	25	Residency Partnership Program established at a school district or
26	26	open-enrollment charter school in accordance with this subchapter.
27	27	(4) "Partnership resident" means a person enrolled in
28	28	a qualified educator preparation program participating in a
29	29	partnership program as a candidate for educator certification.
30	30	(5) "Qualified educator preparation program" means an
31	31	educator preparation program approved by the board in accordance
32	32	with rules proposed under Section 21.903.
33	33	Sec. 21.902. ESTABLISHMENT OF PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM. (a)
34	34	The commissioner shall establish the Texas Teacher Residency
35	35	Partnership Program to enable qualified educator preparation
36	36	programs to form partnerships with school districts or
37	37	open-enrollment charter schools to provide residency positions to
38	38	partnership residents at the district or school.
39	39	(b) The partnership program must be designed to:
40	40	(1) allow partnership residents to receive
41	41	field-based experience working with classroom teachers in
42	42	prekindergarten through grade 12 classrooms; and
43	43	(2) gradually increase the amount of time a
44	44	partnership resident spends engaging in instructional
45	45	responsibilities, including observation, co-teaching, and
46	46	lead-teaching responsibilities.
47	47	Sec. 21.903. QUALIFIED EDUCATOR PREPARATION PROGRAMS. The
48	48	board shall propose rules specifying the requirements for board
49	49	approval of an educator preparation program as a qualified educator
50	50	preparation program for purposes of this subchapter. The rules
51	51	must require an educator preparation program to:
52	52	(1) use research-based best practices for recruiting
53	53	and admitting candidates into the educator preparation program to
54	54	participate in the partnership program;
55	55	(2) integrate curriculum, classroom practice, and
56	56	formal observation and feedback;
57	57	(3) use multiple assessments to measure a partnership
58	58	resident's progress in the partnership program; and
59	59	(4) ensure a school district or open-enrollment
60	60	charter school with which an educator preparation program partners
61	61	under this subchapter meets the requirements for participating
62	62	districts and schools under Section 21.904.
63	63	Sec. 21.904. REQUIREMENTS FOR PARTICIPATING DISTRICTS AND
64	64	SCHOOLS. (a) A school district or open-enrollment charter school
65	65	participating in the partnership program shall:
66	66	(1) enter into a written agreement with a qualified
67	67	educator preparation program to:
68	68	(A) provide a partnership resident with at least
69	69	one school year of clinical teaching in a residency position at the
70	70	district or school in the subject area and grade level for which the
71	71	resident seeks certification; and
72	72	(B) pair the partnership resident with a mentor
73	73	teacher;
74	74	(2) only use money received under Section 48.157 to:
75	75	(A) implement the partnership program; and
76	76	(B) provide compensation to:
77	77	(i) partnership residents in residency
78	78	positions at the district or school; and
79	79	(ii) mentor teachers who are paired with
80	80	partnership residents at the district or school;
81	81	(3) pay at least 50 percent of the compensation paid to
82	82	partnership residents using money other than money received under
83	83	Section 48.157; and
84	84	(4) provide any information required by the agency
85	85	regarding the district's or school's implementation of the program.
86	86	(b) A school district or open-enrollment charter school may
87	87	only pair a partnership resident with a mentor teacher who agrees to
88	88	participate in that role in a partnership program at the district or
89	89	school partnership program.
90	90	(c) A partnership resident may not serve as a teacher of
91	91	record, as that term is defined by Section 21.051.
92	92	Sec. 21.905. RESIDENCY EDUCATOR CERTIFICATE. The board
93	93	shall propose rules specifying the requirements for the issuance of
94	94	a residency educator certificate to a partnership resident who has
95	95	successfully completed the program. The rules may not require the
96	96	resident to pass a pedagogy examination unless the examination
97	97	tests subject-specific content appropriate for the grade and
98	98	subject area for which the candidate seeks certification.
99	99	Sec. 21.906. AGENCY SUPPORT. The agency shall provide
100	100	technical assistance, planning, and support to school districts,
101	101	open-enrollment charter schools, and qualified educator
102	102	preparation programs, which must include:
103	103	(1) providing model forms and agreements a district,
104	104	school, or educator preparation program may use to comply with the
105	105	requirements of this subchapter; and
106	106	(2) support for district and school strategic staffing
107	107	and compensation models to incentivize participation in a
108	108	partnership program.
109	109	Sec. 21.907. AUTHORITY TO ACCEPT CERTAIN FUNDS. The
110	110	commissioner may solicit and accept gifts, grants, and donations
111	111	from public and private entities to use for the purposes of this
112	112	subchapter.
113	113	Sec. 21.908. RULES. (a) The board shall propose rules
114	114	necessary to implement this subchapter, including rules under
115	115	Sections 21.903 and 21.905.
116	116	(b) The commissioner shall adopt rules as necessary to
117	117	implement this subchapter.
118	118	SECTION 2. Subchapter D, Chapter 48, Education Code, is
119	119	amended by adding Section 48.157 to read as follows:
120	120	Sec. 48.157. RESIDENCY PARTNERSHIP ALLOTMENT. (a) In this
121	121	section:
122	122	(1) "Partnership program" and "partnership resident"
123	123	have the meanings assigned by Section 21.901.
124	124	(2) "Rural campus" has the meaning assigned by Section
125	125	48.112.
126	126	(b) For each partnership resident employed at a district in
127	127	a residency position under Subchapter R, Chapter 21, the district
128	128	is entitled to an allotment equal to a base amount of $22,000
129	129	increased by the high needs and rural factor, as determined under
130	130	Subsection (c), to an amount not to exceed $42,000.
131	131	(c) The high needs and rural factor is determined by
132	132	multiplying $5,000 by the lesser of:
133	133	(1) the average of the point value assigned to each
134	134	student at a district campus under Section 48.112(d); or
135	135	(2) 4.0.
136	136	(d) In addition to the funding under Subsection (b), a
137	137	district that qualifies for an allotment under this section is
138	138	entitled to an additional $2,000 for each partnership resident
139	139	employed in a residency position at the district who is a candidate
140	140	for special education certification.
141	141	(e) The Texas School for the Deaf and the Texas School for
142	142	the Blind and Visually Impaired are entitled to an allotment under
143	143	this section. If the commissioner determines that assigning point
144	144	values under Subsection (c) to students enrolled in the Texas
145	145	School for the Deaf or the Texas School for the Blind and Visually
146	146	Impaired is impractical, the commissioner may use the average point
147	147	value assigned for those students' home districts for purposes of
148	148	calculating the high needs and rural factor.
149	149	SECTION 3. Subchapter Q, Chapter 21, Education Code, is
150	150	repealed.
151	151	SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
152	152	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
153	153	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
154	154	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
155	155	Act takes effect September 1, 2023.