Texas 2023 - 88th Regular

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1	1	H.B. No. 2929
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4	4	AN ACT
5	5	relating to continuing education and training requirements for
6	6	classroom teachers and public school counselors.
7	7	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
8	8	SECTION 1. Section 21.054(d), Education Code, as amended by
9	9	Chapters 1045 (S.B. 1267) and 973 (S.B. 2066), Acts of the 87th
10	10	Legislature, Regular Session, 2021, is reenacted and amended to
11	11	read as follows:
12	12	(d) Subject to Subsection (d-2), continuing [Continuing]
13	13	education requirements for a classroom teacher may not require
14	14	[must provide] that [not] more than 25 percent of the training
15	15	required every five years include instruction regarding:
16	16	(1) collecting and analyzing information that will
17	17	improve effectiveness in the classroom;
18	18	(2) recognizing early warning indicators that a
19	19	student may be at risk of dropping out of school;
20	20	(3) digital learning, digital teaching, and
21	21	integrating technology into classroom instruction;
22	22	(4) educating diverse student populations, including:
23	23	(A) students who are educationally
24	24	disadvantaged; and
25	25	(B) students at risk of dropping out of school;
26	26	and
27	27	(5) understanding appropriate relationships,
28	28	boundaries, and communications between educators and students.
29	29	SECTION 2. Section 21.054, Education Code, is amended by
30	30	adding Subsection (d-2) and amending Subsection (f) to read as
31	31	follows:
32	32	(d-2) Training in a topic of instruction described by
33	33	Subsection (d) attended by a classroom teacher in excess of an
34	34	amount of hours equal to 25 percent of the training required of the
35	35	teacher every five years shall be counted toward the teacher's
36	36	overall training requirements.
37	37	(f) Continuing education requirements for a counselor must
38	38	provide that at least [not more than] 25 percent of training
39	39	required every five years include instruction regarding:
40	40	(1) assisting students in developing high school
41	41	graduation plans;
42	42	(2) implementing dropout prevention strategies;
43	43	(3) informing students concerning:
44	44	(A) college admissions, including college
45	45	financial aid resources and application procedures; and
46	46	(B) career opportunities;
47	47	(4) counseling students concerning mental health
48	48	conditions and substance abuse, including through the use of
49	49	grief-informed and trauma-informed interventions and crisis
50	50	management and suicide prevention strategies; and
51	51	(5) effective implementation of a comprehensive
52	52	school counseling program under Section 33.005.
53	53	SECTION 3. This Act applies beginning with the 2023-2024
54	54	school year.
55	55	SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
56	56	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
57	57	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
58	58	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
59	59	Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
60	60	______________________________ ______________________________
61	61	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
62	62	I certify that H.B. No. 2929 was passed by the House on April
63	63	25, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 147, Nays 0, 1 present, not
64	64	voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
65	65	No. 2929 on May 19, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 0,
66	66	2 present, not voting.
67	67	______________________________
68	68	Chief Clerk of the House
69	69	I certify that H.B. No. 2929 was passed by the Senate, with
70	70	amendments, on May 17, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays
71	71	0.
72	72	______________________________
73	73	Secretary of the Senate
74	74	APPROVED: __________________
75	75	Date
76	76	__________________
77	77	Governor