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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