Bill Text: TX HB2318 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Engrossed
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Bill Title: Relating to public school educator preparation and alternative certification programs.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective immediately [HB2318 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB2318-Engrossed.html
Bill Title: Relating to public school educator preparation and alternative certification programs.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective immediately [HB2318 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB2318-Engrossed.html
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| By: Aycock | H.B. No. 2318 | |
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| relating to public school educator preparation and alternative | ||
| certification programs. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 21, Education Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 21.0453 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 21.0453. INFORMATION FOR CANDIDATES FOR TEACHER | ||
| CERTIFICATION. (a) The board shall require an educator | ||
| preparation program to provide candidates for teacher | ||
| certification with information concerning the following: | ||
| (1) skills and responsibilities required of teachers; | ||
| (2) expectations for student performance based on | ||
| state standards; | ||
| (3) the current supply of and demand for teachers in | ||
| this state; | ||
| (4) the importance of developing classroom management | ||
| skills; and | ||
| (5) the state's framework for appraisal of teachers | ||
| and principals. | ||
| (b) The board may propose rules as necessary for | ||
| administration of this section, including rules to ensure that | ||
| accurate and consistent information is provided by all educator | ||
| preparation programs. | ||
| SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 21, Education Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 21.061 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 21.061. REVIEW AND UPDATING OF EDUCATOR PREPARATION | ||
| AND ALTERNATIVE CERTIFICATION PROGRAMS. The board shall, after | ||
| consulting with appropriate higher education faculty and public | ||
| school teachers and administrators and soliciting advice from other | ||
| interested persons with relevant knowledge and experience, develop | ||
| and carry out a process for reviewing and, as necessary, updating | ||
| standards and requirements for educator preparation and | ||
| alternative certification programs. | ||
| SECTION 3. The State Board for Educator Certification shall | ||
| complete an initial review of and implement any updated standards | ||
| and requirements for educator preparation and alternative | ||
| certification programs as required by Section 21.061, Education | ||
| Code, as added by this Act, not later than September 1, 2014. | ||
| 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, 2013. | ||
