Bill Text: TX HB1549 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to certification and continuing education requirements for certain public education administrators.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-02 - Referred to Public Education [HB1549 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB1549-Introduced.html
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By: Howard of Fort Bend | H.B. No. 1549 |
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relating to certification and continuing education requirements | ||
for certain public education administrators. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 21, Education Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 21.0461 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 21.0461. TEMPORARY CERTIFICATE FOR SUPERINTENDENT OR | ||
PRINCIPAL. (a) The board may issue a temporary certificate under | ||
this section for: | ||
(1) assistant principal; | ||
(2) principal; or | ||
(3) superintendent. | ||
(b) A candidate for certification under this section must: | ||
(1) hold a baccalaureate or advanced degree from an | ||
institution of higher education; | ||
(2) have significant management and leadership | ||
experience, as determined by the board of trustees of the school | ||
district that will employ the person under the temporary | ||
certificate; and | ||
(3) perform satisfactorily on the appropriate | ||
examination prescribed under Section 21.048. | ||
(c) A school district may require that a person who is | ||
employed by the district and who holds a certificate issued under | ||
this section complete a training program. | ||
(d) A certificate issued to a person under this section is | ||
valid only in the school district in which the person is initially | ||
employed after receiving the certificate. | ||
(e) A certificate issued under this section: | ||
(1) expires on the third anniversary of the date on | ||
which the certificate was issued; and | ||
(2) is not renewable. | ||
(f) The board shall issue a standard certificate to a person | ||
who holds a temporary certificate issued under this section if the | ||
school district employing the person under the temporary | ||
certificate: | ||
(1) has employed the person for at least three years in | ||
the capacity for which the person seeks a standard certificate; and | ||
(2) has recommended the person to the board and | ||
favorably reviewed, primarily using objective measures of student | ||
performance and improvement in the district, the person's | ||
performance. | ||
(g) A school district employing a person who holds a | ||
temporary certificate issued under this section must provide the | ||
person with intensive support during the person's first year of | ||
employment with the district, including: | ||
(1) mentoring; and | ||
(2) intensive, high-quality professional development. | ||
(h) For purposes of this section, the board by rule may | ||
determine the criteria a school district board of trustees shall | ||
use to determine whether a candidate for certification under this | ||
section has significant management and leadership experience. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 21.054, Education Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsections (b) and (c) to read as follows: | ||
(b) As part of a principal's compliance with continuing | ||
education requirements under this section, a principal must attend | ||
advanced management training courses or programs as prescribed by | ||
board rule. | ||
(c) The board, in consultation with business schools, | ||
departments, or programs at institutions of higher education, shall | ||
propose rules to govern the approval and accountability of advanced | ||
management training courses or programs required under this | ||
section. In proposing a rule under this section, the board shall | ||
require that a person conducting a course or program have | ||
recognized expertise in business management. | ||
SECTION 3. (a) Section 21.0461, Education Code, as added | ||
by this Act, applies beginning with the 2011-2012 school year. | ||
(b) Sections 21.054(b) and (c), Education Code, as added by | ||
this Act, apply beginning with the 2012-2013 school year. | ||
SECTION 4. 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, 2011. |