Bill Text: TX HB1549 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to certification and continuing education requirements for certain public education administrators.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-02 - Referred to Public Education [HB1549 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB1549-Introduced.html
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| By: Howard of Fort Bend | H.B. No. 1549 | |
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| relating to certification and continuing education requirements | ||
| for certain public education administrators. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 21, Education Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 21.0461 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 21.0461. TEMPORARY CERTIFICATE FOR SUPERINTENDENT OR | ||
| PRINCIPAL. (a) The board may issue a temporary certificate under | ||
| this section for: | ||
| (1) assistant principal; | ||
| (2) principal; or | ||
| (3) superintendent. | ||
| (b) A candidate for certification under this section must: | ||
| (1) hold a baccalaureate or advanced degree from an | ||
| institution of higher education; | ||
| (2) have significant management and leadership | ||
| experience, as determined by the board of trustees of the school | ||
| district that will employ the person under the temporary | ||
| certificate; and | ||
| (3) perform satisfactorily on the appropriate | ||
| examination prescribed under Section 21.048. | ||
| (c) A school district may require that a person who is | ||
| employed by the district and who holds a certificate issued under | ||
| this section complete a training program. | ||
| (d) A certificate issued to a person under this section is | ||
| valid only in the school district in which the person is initially | ||
| employed after receiving the certificate. | ||
| (e) A certificate issued under this section: | ||
| (1) expires on the third anniversary of the date on | ||
| which the certificate was issued; and | ||
| (2) is not renewable. | ||
| (f) The board shall issue a standard certificate to a person | ||
| who holds a temporary certificate issued under this section if the | ||
| school district employing the person under the temporary | ||
| certificate: | ||
| (1) has employed the person for at least three years in | ||
| the capacity for which the person seeks a standard certificate; and | ||
| (2) has recommended the person to the board and | ||
| favorably reviewed, primarily using objective measures of student | ||
| performance and improvement in the district, the person's | ||
| performance. | ||
| (g) A school district employing a person who holds a | ||
| temporary certificate issued under this section must provide the | ||
| person with intensive support during the person's first year of | ||
| employment with the district, including: | ||
| (1) mentoring; and | ||
| (2) intensive, high-quality professional development. | ||
| (h) For purposes of this section, the board by rule may | ||
| determine the criteria a school district board of trustees shall | ||
| use to determine whether a candidate for certification under this | ||
| section has significant management and leadership experience. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 21.054, Education Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsections (b) and (c) to read as follows: | ||
| (b) As part of a principal's compliance with continuing | ||
| education requirements under this section, a principal must attend | ||
| advanced management training courses or programs as prescribed by | ||
| board rule. | ||
| (c) The board, in consultation with business schools, | ||
| departments, or programs at institutions of higher education, shall | ||
| propose rules to govern the approval and accountability of advanced | ||
| management training courses or programs required under this | ||
| section. In proposing a rule under this section, the board shall | ||
| require that a person conducting a course or program have | ||
| recognized expertise in business management. | ||
| SECTION 3. (a) Section 21.0461, Education Code, as added | ||
| by this Act, applies beginning with the 2011-2012 school year. | ||
| (b) Sections 21.054(b) and (c), Education Code, as added by | ||
| this Act, apply beginning with the 2012-2013 school year. | ||
| 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, 2011. | ||
