Bill Text: TX HB2012 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to public school educators and certain other professional employees of school districts.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective on 9/1/13 [HB2012 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB2012-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to public school educators and certain other professional employees of school districts.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective on 9/1/13 [HB2012 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB2012-Introduced.html
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By: Villarreal | H.B. No. 2012 |
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relating to collection, distribution, and use of information | ||
relating to salaries and working conditions of public school | ||
classroom teachers. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 7, Education Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 7.038 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 7.038. CLASSROOM TEACHER SALARY STUDY. (a) The agency | ||
shall collect classroom teacher salary data from school districts | ||
through the Public Education Information Management System | ||
(PEIMS). | ||
(b) The agency shall provide the data collected under | ||
Subsection (a) in summary form on the agency's Internet website in a | ||
manner that indicates, by school district, the average salaries of | ||
classroom teachers by subject and grade level. | ||
(c) The agency shall use the data collected under Subsection | ||
(a) to conduct a cost-of-living salary comparability analysis in | ||
each region of the state to determine how classroom teacher | ||
salaries compare to salaries in similar professions. The | ||
commissioner shall delineate the geographic boundaries of the | ||
regions of the state and designate the professions that constitute | ||
similar professions for purposes of conducting the salary | ||
comparability analysis under this subsection. Not later than | ||
December 1, 2014, the agency shall prepare and deliver a report of | ||
the salary comparability analysis conducted under this subsection | ||
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. The agency shall post a copy of the report on the | ||
agency's Internet website. | ||
(d) The agency shall collect data and conduct the | ||
cost-of-living salary comparability analysis under this section | ||
using only available funds and resources from public or private | ||
sources. | ||
(e) This section expires September 1, 2015. | ||
SECTION 2. Subchapter C, Chapter 7, Education Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 7.064 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 7.064. TEACHING AND WORKING CONDITIONS SURVEY. (a) | ||
The commissioner by rule shall develop an online survey to be | ||
administered statewide at least biennially to superintendents, | ||
principals, supervisors, classroom teachers, counselors, and other | ||
appropriate full-time professional employees who are required to | ||
hold a certificate issued under Subchapter B, Chapter 21. | ||
(b) In developing the survey under this section, the | ||
commissioner shall ensure that the survey is designed to elicit | ||
information relating to the following issues: | ||
(1) teaching and working conditions as predictors of | ||
student achievement and growth; | ||
(2) the relationship between teaching and working | ||
conditions and teacher retention; | ||
(3) the influence of school leadership on teaching and | ||
learning conditions, including: | ||
(A) meaningful involvement of teachers in | ||
determining professional development needs; | ||
(B) meaningful involvement of teachers in campus | ||
decisions and initiatives; and | ||
(C) support for teachers in student disciplinary | ||
matters; | ||
(4) the relationship between teaching and working | ||
conditions and student attendance and graduation; | ||
(5) the appropriate time during the day for | ||
collaborative instructional planning; | ||
(6) facilities resources needs; and | ||
(7) other supports needed for educators to be | ||
successful in the classroom. | ||
(c) The commissioner shall contract with a third-party | ||
entity with appropriate research and evaluation expertise to | ||
administer the survey required by this section. The third-party | ||
survey administrator shall collect responses and protect the | ||
identity of the respondents. The third-party survey administrator | ||
shall provide the survey responses to the commissioner or a person | ||
designated by the commissioner not later than the 60th day after the | ||
date the survey is administered. | ||
(d) After the administration of each survey, the | ||
commissioner may make the survey results available to the public. | ||
The commissioner shall provide the survey results to school | ||
districts and campuses. | ||
(e) Each school district shall use the survey results to | ||
review and revise, as appropriate, district-level improvement | ||
plans and plans for each campus in the manner provided under | ||
Subchapter F, Chapter 11. | ||
(f) The commissioner shall use the survey results to | ||
develop, review, and revise: | ||
(1) agency professional development offerings; | ||
(2) agency initiatives aimed at teacher retention; and | ||
(3) standards for principals and superintendents. | ||
(g) The commissioner shall carry out duties under this | ||
section, including contracting for the administration of the | ||
survey, using only available funds and resources from public and | ||
private sources. | ||
SECTION 3. 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. |