Bill Text: TX HB2358 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the creation of the Texas Teacher Residency Partnership Program and a residency partnership allotment under the Foundation School Program.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-09 - Referred to Public Education [HB2358 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB2358-Introduced.html
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By: Dutton | H.B. No. 2358 |
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relating to the creation of the Texas Teacher Residency Partnership | ||
Program and a residency partnership allotment under the Foundation | ||
School Program. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Chapter 21, Education Code, is amended by adding | ||
Subchapter R to read as follows: | ||
SUBCHAPTER R. TEXAS TEACHER RESIDENCY PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM | ||
Sec. 21.901. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: | ||
(1) "Board" means the State Board for Educator | ||
Certification. | ||
(2) "Mentor teacher" means a classroom teacher who: | ||
(A) meets the qualifications for assignment as a | ||
mentor under Section 21.458; and | ||
(B) is employed by a school district or | ||
open-enrollment charter school participating in a partnership | ||
program under this subchapter and paired with a partnership | ||
resident at the district or school. | ||
(3) "Partnership program" means a Texas Teacher | ||
Residency Partnership Program established at a school district or | ||
open-enrollment charter school in accordance with this subchapter. | ||
(4) "Partnership resident" means a person enrolled in | ||
a qualified educator preparation program participating in a | ||
partnership program as a candidate for educator certification. | ||
(5) "Qualified educator preparation program" means an | ||
educator preparation program approved by the board in accordance | ||
with rules proposed under Section 21.903. | ||
Sec. 21.902. ESTABLISHMENT OF PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM. (a) | ||
The commissioner shall establish the Texas Teacher Residency | ||
Partnership Program to enable qualified educator preparation | ||
programs to form partnerships with school districts or | ||
open-enrollment charter schools to provide residency positions to | ||
partnership residents at the district or school. | ||
(b) The partnership program must be designed to: | ||
(1) allow partnership residents to receive | ||
field-based experience working with classroom teachers in | ||
prekindergarten through grade 12 classrooms; and | ||
(2) gradually increase the amount of time a | ||
partnership resident spends engaging in instructional | ||
responsibilities, including observation, co-teaching, and | ||
lead-teaching responsibilities. | ||
Sec. 21.903. QUALIFIED EDUCATOR PREPARATION PROGRAMS. The | ||
board shall propose rules specifying the requirements for board | ||
approval of an educator preparation program as a qualified educator | ||
preparation program for purposes of this subchapter. The rules | ||
must require an educator preparation program to: | ||
(1) use research-based best practices for recruiting | ||
and admitting candidates into the educator preparation program to | ||
participate in the partnership program; | ||
(2) integrate curriculum, classroom practice, and | ||
formal observation and feedback; | ||
(3) use multiple assessments to measure a partnership | ||
resident's progress in the partnership program; and | ||
(4) ensure a school district or open-enrollment | ||
charter school with which an educator preparation program partners | ||
under this subchapter meets the requirements for participating | ||
districts and schools under Section 21.904. | ||
Sec. 21.904. REQUIREMENTS FOR PARTICIPATING DISTRICTS AND | ||
SCHOOLS. (a) A school district or open-enrollment charter school | ||
participating in the partnership program shall: | ||
(1) enter into a written agreement with a qualified | ||
educator preparation program to: | ||
(A) provide a partnership resident with at least | ||
one school year of clinical teaching in a residency position at the | ||
district or school in the subject area and grade level for which the | ||
resident seeks certification; and | ||
(B) pair the partnership resident with a mentor | ||
teacher; | ||
(2) only use money received under Section 48.157 to: | ||
(A) implement the partnership program; and | ||
(B) provide compensation to: | ||
(i) partnership residents in residency | ||
positions at the district or school; and | ||
(ii) mentor teachers who are paired with | ||
partnership residents at the district or school; | ||
(3) pay at least 50 percent of the compensation paid to | ||
partnership residents using money other than money received under | ||
Section 48.157; and | ||
(4) provide any information required by the agency | ||
regarding the district's or school's implementation of the program. | ||
(b) A school district or open-enrollment charter school may | ||
only pair a partnership resident with a mentor teacher who agrees to | ||
participate in that role in a partnership program at the district or | ||
school partnership program. | ||
(c) A partnership resident may not serve as a teacher of | ||
record, as that term is defined by Section 21.051. | ||
Sec. 21.905. RESIDENCY EDUCATOR CERTIFICATE. The board | ||
shall propose rules specifying the requirements for the issuance of | ||
a residency educator certificate to a partnership resident who has | ||
successfully completed the program. The rules may not require the | ||
resident to pass a pedagogy examination unless the examination | ||
tests subject-specific content appropriate for the grade and | ||
subject area for which the candidate seeks certification. | ||
Sec. 21.906. AGENCY SUPPORT. The agency shall provide | ||
technical assistance, planning, and support to school districts, | ||
open-enrollment charter schools, and qualified educator | ||
preparation programs, which must include: | ||
(1) providing model forms and agreements a district, | ||
school, or educator preparation program may use to comply with the | ||
requirements of this subchapter; and | ||
(2) support for district and school strategic staffing | ||
and compensation models to incentivize participation in a | ||
partnership program. | ||
Sec. 21.907. AUTHORITY TO ACCEPT CERTAIN FUNDS. The | ||
commissioner may solicit and accept gifts, grants, and donations | ||
from public and private entities to use for the purposes of this | ||
subchapter. | ||
Sec. 21.908. RULES. (a) The board shall propose rules | ||
necessary to implement this subchapter, including rules under | ||
Sections 21.903 and 21.905. | ||
(b) The commissioner shall adopt rules as necessary to | ||
implement this subchapter. | ||
SECTION 2. Subchapter D, Chapter 48, Education Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 48.157 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 48.157. RESIDENCY PARTNERSHIP ALLOTMENT. (a) In this | ||
section: | ||
(1) "Partnership program" and "partnership resident" | ||
have the meanings assigned by Section 21.901. | ||
(2) "Rural campus" has the meaning assigned by Section | ||
48.112. | ||
(b) For each partnership resident employed at a district in | ||
a residency position under Subchapter R, Chapter 21, the district | ||
is entitled to an allotment equal to a base amount of $22,000 | ||
increased by the high needs and rural factor, as determined under | ||
Subsection (c), to an amount not to exceed $42,000. | ||
(c) The high needs and rural factor is determined by | ||
multiplying $5,000 by the lesser of: | ||
(1) the average of the point value assigned to each | ||
student at a district campus under Section 48.112(d); or | ||
(2) 4.0. | ||
(d) In addition to the funding under Subsection (b), a | ||
district that qualifies for an allotment under this section is | ||
entitled to an additional $2,000 for each partnership resident | ||
employed in a residency position at the district who is a candidate | ||
for special education certification. | ||
(e) The Texas School for the Deaf and the Texas School for | ||
the Blind and Visually Impaired are entitled to an allotment under | ||
this section. If the commissioner determines that assigning point | ||
values under Subsection (c) to students enrolled in the Texas | ||
School for the Deaf or the Texas School for the Blind and Visually | ||
Impaired is impractical, the commissioner may use the average point | ||
value assigned for those students' home districts for purposes of | ||
calculating the high needs and rural factor. | ||
SECTION 3. Subchapter Q, Chapter 21, Education Code, is | ||
repealed. | ||
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, 2023. |