Bill Text: TX SB1016 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Comm Sub

Texas Senate Bill 1016 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Bill Title: Relating to an audit by the Texas Education Agency of public school professional development training requirements.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-05-17 - Committee report sent to Calendars [SB1016 Detail]

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	By: Powell	S.B. No. 1016
	(In the Senate - Filed February 22, 2019; March 7, 2019,
	read first time and referred to Committee on Education;
	April 30, 2019, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
	Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 10, Nays 0; April 30, 2019,
	sent to printer.)
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	COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1016	By: Powell


	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT

	relating to an audit by the Texas Education Agency of public school
	professional development training requirements.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Sections 21.4513(a) and (b), Education Code, are
	amended to read as follows:
	(a) Using only available funds and resources from public or
	private sources, the agency shall [~~periodically~~] conduct an audit
	at least once every four years of the professional development
	requirements applicable to educators in this state and any other
	continuing education and training requirements, including state
	and federal requirements and requirements imposed by school
	districts.
	(b) Based on audit results, the agency, with input from
	stakeholders and organizations that represent educators, shall
	consider the value of maintaining existing state-mandated training
	requirements relating to specific topics and seek to eliminate any
	unnecessary topic-specific training requirements, eliminate any
	conflicting requirements, and consolidate any duplicative
	requirements through the following methods, as appropriate:
	(1) taking administrative action;
	(2) encouraging school districts to make appropriate
	changes to district policies; or
	(3) recommending statutory changes to the
	legislature.
	SECTION 2. Not later than December 31, 2020, the Texas
	Education Agency shall complete an audit of professional
	development training requirements as required by Section 21.4513,
	Education Code, as amended by this Act.
	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.

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