Bill Text: TX HB2318 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
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-Enrolled.html
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. Section 21.048(a), Education Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(a) The board shall propose rules prescribing comprehensive | ||
examinations for each class of certificate issued by the board. The | ||
commissioner shall determine the satisfactory level of performance | ||
required for each certification examination. For the issuance of a | ||
generalist certificate, the commissioner shall require a | ||
satisfactory level of examination performance in each core subject | ||
covered by the examination. | ||
SECTION 3. 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 | ||
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 programs. | ||
SECTION 4. 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 5. Not later than January 1, 2014, the commissioner | ||
of education shall determine performance levels for certification | ||
examinations as provided by Section 21.048(a), Education Code, as | ||
amended by this Act. | ||
SECTION 6. 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. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 2318 was passed by the House on May 2, | ||
2013, by the following vote: Yeas 147, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. | ||
No. 2318 on May 23, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 0, | ||
2 present, not voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 2318 was passed by the Senate, with | ||
amendments, on May 20, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays | ||
0. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: __________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |