Bill Text: TX HB1305 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the inclusion of instruction regarding project-based learning in continuing education requirements for a classroom teacher.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-04 - Referred to Public Education [HB1305 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB1305-Introduced.html
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By: Guillen | H.B. No. 1305 |
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relating to the inclusion of instruction regarding project-based | ||
learning in continuing education requirements for a classroom | ||
teacher. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 21.054(d), Education Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(d) Continuing education requirements for a classroom | ||
teacher must provide that at least 25 percent of the training | ||
required every five years include instruction regarding: | ||
(1) collecting and analyzing information that will | ||
improve effectiveness in the classroom; | ||
(2) recognizing early warning indicators that a | ||
student may be at risk of dropping out of school; | ||
(3) digital learning, digital teaching, and | ||
integrating technology into classroom instruction; | ||
(4) project-based learning; | ||
(5) educating diverse student populations, including: | ||
(A) students who are eligible to participate in | ||
special education programs under Subchapter A, Chapter 29; | ||
(B) students who are eligible to receive | ||
educational services required under Section 504, Rehabilitation | ||
Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. Section 794); | ||
(C) students with mental health conditions or who | ||
engage in substance abuse; | ||
(D) students with intellectual or developmental | ||
disabilities; | ||
(E) students who are educationally | ||
disadvantaged; | ||
(F) students of limited English proficiency; and | ||
(G) students at risk of dropping out of school; | ||
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boundaries, and communications between educators and students; and | ||
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grief and trauma, affect student learning and behavior and how | ||
evidence-based, grief-informed, and trauma-informed strategies | ||
support the academic success of students affected by grief and | ||
trauma. | ||
SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date | ||
of this Act, the State Board for Educator Certification shall | ||
propose rules implementing Section 21.054(d), Education Code, as | ||
amended by this Act. | ||
SECTION 3. A classroom teacher subject to continuing | ||
education requirements immediately before the effective date of | ||
this Act is not required to comply with the continuing education | ||
requirements described by Section 21.054(d), Education Code, as | ||
amended by this Act, for any continuing education requirements | ||
period that ends before January 1, 2022. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act applies beginning with the 2021-2022 | ||
school year. | ||
SECTION 5. 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, 2021. |