Bill Text: TX HB642 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Comm Sub
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Bill Title: Relating to continuing education requirements for certain educators.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective on 9/1/13 [HB642 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB642-Comm_Sub.html
Bill Title: Relating to continuing education requirements for certain educators.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective on 9/1/13 [HB642 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB642-Comm_Sub.html
By: Patrick (Senate Sponsor - Lucio) | H.B. No. 642 | |
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 2, 2013; | ||
May 3, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on | ||
Education; May 15, 2013, reported favorably, as amended, by the | ||
following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 15, 2013, sent to printer.) |
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO. 1 | By: Campbell | |
Amend H.B. No. 642 (engrossed version) as follows: | ||
(1) In SECTION 1 of the bill, adding Section 21.054(d)(3), | ||
Education Code (page 1, line 15), following the semicolon, insert | ||
"and". | ||
(2) In SECTION 1 of the bill, adding Section | ||
21.054(d)(4)(D), Education Code (page 1, lines 22-23), strike "; | ||
and" and substitute "." | ||
(3) In SECTION 1 of the bill, strike added Section | ||
21.054(d)(5), Education Code (page 1, line 24, through page 2, line | ||
1). | ||
(4) In SECTION 1 of the bill, adding Section 21.054(e)(3), | ||
Education Code (page 2, line 13), following the semicolon, insert | ||
"and". | ||
(5) In SECTION 1 of the bill, adding Section | ||
21.054(e)(4)(D), Education Code (page 2, lines 20-21), strike "; | ||
and" and substitute "." | ||
(6) In SECTION 1 of the bill, strike added Section | ||
21.054(e)(5), Education Code (page 2, line 22, through page 3, line | ||
1). | ||
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relating to continuing education requirements for certain | ||
educators. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 21.054, Education Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsections (d), (e), and (f) to read as follows: | ||
(d) Continuing education requirements for a classroom | ||
teacher must provide that not more than 25 percent of the training | ||
required every five years include instruction regarding: | ||
(1) collecting and analyzing information that will | ||
improve effectiveness in the classroom; | ||
(2) recognizing early warning indicators that a | ||
student may be at risk of dropping out of school; | ||
(3) integrating technology into classroom | ||
instruction; | ||
(4) educating diverse student populations, including: | ||
(A) students with disabilities, including mental | ||
health disorders; | ||
(B) students who are educationally | ||
disadvantaged; | ||
(C) students of limited English proficiency; and | ||
(D) students at risk of dropping out of school; | ||
and | ||
(5) increasing knowledge of the subject area taught by | ||
the educator. | ||
(e) Continuing education requirements for a principal must | ||
provide that not more than 25 percent of the training required every | ||
five years include instruction regarding: | ||
(1) effective and efficient management, including: | ||
(A) collecting and analyzing information; | ||
(B) making decisions and managing time; and | ||
(C) supervising student discipline and managing | ||
behavior; | ||
(2) recognizing early warning indicators that a | ||
student may be at risk of dropping out of school; | ||
(3) integrating technology into campus curriculum and | ||
instruction; | ||
(4) educating diverse student populations, including: | ||
(A) students with disabilities, including mental | ||
health disorders; | ||
(B) students who are educationally | ||
disadvantaged; | ||
(C) students of limited English proficiency; and | ||
(D) students at risk of dropping out of school; | ||
and | ||
(5) providing instructional leadership, including: | ||
(A) providing teacher support; | ||
(B) maintaining community involvement; | ||
(C) building professional learning communities; | ||
and | ||
(D) recruiting, coaching, remediating, and | ||
retaining campus educators. | ||
(f) Continuing education requirements for a counselor must | ||
provide that not more than 25 percent of training required every | ||
five years include instruction regarding: | ||
(1) assisting students in developing high school | ||
graduation plans; | ||
(2) implementing dropout prevention strategies; and | ||
(3) informing students concerning: | ||
(A) college admissions, including college | ||
financial aid resources and application procedures; and | ||
(B) career opportunities. | ||
SECTION 2. Not later than January 1, 2014, the State Board | ||
for Educator Certification shall propose rules implementing | ||
Section 21.054, Education Code, as amended by this Act. | ||
SECTION 3. An educator subject to continuing education | ||
requirements immediately before the effective date of this Act is | ||
not required to comply with the continuing education requirements | ||
described by Section 21.054(d), (e), or (f), Education Code, as | ||
added by this Act, for any continuing education requirements period | ||
that ends before January 1, 2017. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act applies beginning with the 2014-2015 | ||
school year. | ||
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. | ||
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