| 1 | 1 | | 88R12591 BDP-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Hinojosa H.B. No. 4839 |
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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 accountability system for public school educator |
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| 8 | 8 | | preparation programs. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 21.045(a), Education Code, is amended to |
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| 11 | 11 | | read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (a) The board shall propose rules necessary to establish |
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| 13 | 13 | | standards to govern the continuing accountability of all educator |
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| 14 | 14 | | preparation programs based on the following information that is |
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| 15 | 15 | | disaggregated with respect to race, sex, and ethnicity: |
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| 16 | 16 | | (1) results of the certification examinations |
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| 17 | 17 | | prescribed under Section 21.048(a); |
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| 18 | 18 | | (2) performance based on the appraisal system for |
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| 19 | 19 | | beginning teachers adopted by the board; |
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| 20 | 20 | | (3) achievement, including improvement in |
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| 21 | 21 | | achievement, of all students, including students with |
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| 22 | 22 | | disabilities, taught by beginning teachers for the first three |
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| 23 | 23 | | years following certification, to the extent practicable; |
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| 24 | 24 | | (4) compliance with board requirements regarding the |
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| 25 | 25 | | frequency, duration, and quality of structural guidance and ongoing |
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| 26 | 26 | | support provided by field supervisors to candidates completing |
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| 27 | 27 | | student teaching, clinical teaching, or an internship; [and] |
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| 28 | 28 | | (5) results from a teacher satisfaction survey, |
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| 29 | 29 | | developed by the board with stakeholder input, of new teachers |
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| 30 | 30 | | performed at the end of the teacher's first year of teaching; and |
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| 31 | 31 | | (6) compliance with board requirements regarding the |
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| 32 | 32 | | quality of a candidate's implementation of the key components of a |
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| 33 | 33 | | performance assessment identified by the board to be completed |
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| 34 | 34 | | before the candidate serves as a classroom teacher who is |
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| 35 | 35 | | responsible for evaluating student achievement and improvement and |
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| 36 | 36 | | assigning grades. |
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| 37 | 37 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 38 | 38 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 39 | 39 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 40 | 40 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 41 | 41 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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