By: Shapiro, Patrick	S.B. No. 1383

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to an appraisal and professional development system for
	public school principals.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  The heading to Section 21.354, Education Code,
	is amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 21.354.  APPRAISAL OF CERTAIN ADMINISTRATORS.
	SECTION 2.  Section 21.354, Education Code, is amended by
	adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:
	(a-1)  This section does not apply to the appraisal of the
	performance of a principal.
	SECTION 3.  Subchapter H, Chapter 21, Education Code, is
	amended by adding Section 21.3541 to read as follows:
	Sec. 21.3541.  APPRAISAL AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
	SYSTEM FOR PRINCIPALS. (a)  The commissioner by rule shall
	establish and shall administer a comprehensive appraisal and
	professional development system for principals.
	(b)  The commissioner may establish a consortium of
	nationally recognized experts on educational leadership and policy
	to:
	(1)  assist the commissioner in effectively
	researching and developing the comprehensive appraisal and
	professional development system described by Subsection (a); and
	(2)  evaluate relevant research and practices and make
	recommendations to the commissioner to improve the quality of the
	training, appraisal, professional development, and compensation of
	principals.
	(c)  If the commissioner establishes the consortium, the
	commissioner shall select a presiding officer of the consortium.
	The presiding officer:
	(1)  must be an expert on educational leadership and
	policy;
	(2)  must have a demonstrated ability to lead a
	statewide school leadership reform initiative; and
	(3)  may not be employed by a school district in this
	state.
	(d)  The commissioner shall establish school leadership
	standards and a set of indicators of successful school leadership
	to align with the training, appraisal, and professional development
	of principals.
	(e)  In carrying out the commissioner's powers and duties
	under this section, the commissioner may use only money available
	from private sources that may be used for that purpose.
	(f)  In appraising principals, each school district shall
	use either:
	(1)  the appraisal system and school leadership
	standards and indicators developed or established by the
	commissioner under this section; or
	(2)  an appraisal process and performance criteria:
	(A)  developed by the district in consultation
	with the district-level and campus-level committees established
	under Section 11.251; and
	(B)  adopted by the board of trustees.
	(g)  Each school district shall appraise each principal
	annually.
	(h)  Not later than December 1 of 2012 and 2014, the
	commissioner shall submit a written report to the governor,
	lieutenant governor, speaker of the house of representatives, and
	presiding officer of each standing legislative committee with
	primary jurisdiction over public education of:
	(1)  any action taken under this section; and
	(2)  any recommendations for legislative action
	concerning the training, appraisal, professional development, or
	compensation of principals.
	(i)  Subsection (h) and this subsection expire January 1,
	2015.
	SECTION 4.  Section 21.451, Education Code, is amended by
	amending Subsections (a) through (d) and adding Subsection (a-1) to
	read as follows:
	(a)  The staff development provided by a school district to
	an educator other than a principal must be:
	(1)  conducted in accordance with standards developed
	by the district; and
	(2)  designed to improve education in the district.
	(a-1)  Section 21.3541 and rules adopted under that section
	govern the professional development provided to a principal.
	(b)  The staff development described by Subsection (a) must
	be predominantly campus-based, related to achieving campus
	performance objectives established under Section 11.253, and
	developed and approved by the campus-level committee established
	under Section 11.251.
	(c)  For staff development under Subsection (a), a [A] school
	district may use district-wide staff development developed and
	approved through the district-level decision process under Section
	11.251.
	(d)  The staff development:
	(1)  may include training in:
	(A)  technology;
	(B)  conflict resolution; and
	(C)  discipline strategies, including classroom
	management, district discipline policies, and the student code of
	conduct adopted under Section 37.001 and Chapter 37; and
	(2)  subject to Subsection (e) and to Section 21.3541
	and rules adopted under that section, must include training based
	on scientifically based research, as defined by Section 9101, No
	Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (20 U.S.C. Section 7801), that:
	(A)  relates to instruction of students with
	disabilities; and
	(B)  is designed for educators who work primarily
	outside the area of special education.
	SECTION 5.  Subsection (e), Section 21.354, Education Code,
	is repealed.
	SECTION 6.  Notwithstanding Sections 21.354 and 21.451,
	Education Code, as amended by this Act, until an appraisal and
	professional development system for principals under Section
	21.3541, Education Code, as added by this Act, is implemented,
	public school principals shall be appraised under Section 21.354,
	Education Code, as that section existed before amendment by this
	Act, and the staff development of principals is governed by Section
	21.451, Education Code, as that section existed before amendment by
	this Act.
	SECTION 7.  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.