Bill Text: TX HB2223 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to training academies for public school teachers who provide reading comprehension instruction to students in grades four and five.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-13 - Referred to Public Education [HB2223 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB2223-Introduced.html
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| By: Deshotel | H.B. No. 2223 | |
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| relating to training academies for public school teachers who | ||
| provide reading comprehension instruction to students in grades | ||
| four and five. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter J, Chapter 21, Education Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 21.4554 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 21.4554. READING-TO-LEARN ACADEMIES. (a) The | ||
| commissioner shall develop and make available reading-to-learn | ||
| academies for teachers who provide reading comprehension | ||
| instruction to students at the fourth or fifth grade level. | ||
| (b) A reading-to-learn academy developed under this section | ||
| must: | ||
| (1) include effective instructional practices that | ||
| promote student development of reading comprehension and | ||
| inferential and critical thinking; and | ||
| (2) provide participating teachers with access to the | ||
| academy training materials through the Internet after the teachers | ||
| attend the academy. | ||
| (c) The commissioner shall adopt criteria for selecting | ||
| teachers who may attend a reading-to-learn academy. | ||
| (d) From funds appropriated for that purpose, a teacher who | ||
| attends a reading-to-learn academy is entitled to receive a stipend | ||
| in the amount determined by the commissioner to cover expenses of | ||
| attending the academy. A stipend received under this subsection is | ||
| not considered in determining whether a district is paying the | ||
| teacher the minimum monthly salary under Section 21.402. | ||
| 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, 2015. | ||
