88R12591 BDP-F
By: Parker S.B. No. 1957
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the accountability system for public school educator
preparation programs.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 21.045(a), Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) The board shall propose rules necessary to establish
standards to govern the continuing accountability of all educator
preparation programs based on the following information that is
disaggregated with respect to race, sex, and ethnicity:
(1) results of the certification examinations
prescribed under Section 21.048(a);
(2) performance based on the appraisal system for
beginning teachers adopted by the board;
(3) achievement, including improvement in
achievement, of all students, including students with
disabilities, taught by beginning teachers for the first three
years following certification, to the extent practicable;
(4) compliance with board requirements regarding the
frequency, duration, and quality of structural guidance and ongoing
support provided by field supervisors to candidates completing
student teaching, clinical teaching, or an internship; [and]
(5) results from a teacher satisfaction survey,
developed by the board with stakeholder input, of new teachers
performed at the end of the teacher's first year of teaching; and
(6) compliance with board requirements regarding the
quality of a candidate's implementation of the key components of a
performance assessment identified by the board to be completed
before the candidate serves as a classroom teacher who is
responsible for evaluating student achievement and improvement and
assigning grades.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2023.