Bill Text: TX HB2205 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to the State Board for Educator Certification, educator preparation programs, educator certification, issuance of certain teaching permits, and certain procedures for investigating educator misconduct.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-06-18 - Effective on 9/1/15 [HB2205 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB2205-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to the State Board for Educator Certification, educator preparation programs, educator certification, issuance of certain teaching permits, and certain procedures for investigating educator misconduct.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-06-18 - Effective on 9/1/15 [HB2205 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB2205-Introduced.html
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By: Crownover | H.B. No. 2205 |
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relating to educator preparation programs, including the | ||
appointment of a member of the State Board for Educator | ||
Certification with experience and knowledge of alternative | ||
educator preparation programs. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 21.033, Education Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: | ||
(a-1) One voting member of the board appointed by the | ||
governor must have experience and knowledge regarding alternative | ||
educator preparation programs. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 21.0451(a), Education Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(a) The board shall propose rules for the sanction of | ||
educator preparation programs that do not meet accountability | ||
standards and shall annually review the accreditation status of | ||
each educator preparation program. The rules: | ||
(1) shall provide for the assignment of the following | ||
accreditation statuses: | ||
(A) not rated; | ||
(B) accredited; | ||
(C) accredited-warned; | ||
(D) accredited-probation; and | ||
(E) not accredited-revoked; | ||
(2) may provide for the agency to take any necessary | ||
action, including one or more of the following actions: | ||
(A) requiring the program to obtain technical | ||
assistance approved by the agency or board; | ||
(B) requiring the program to obtain professional | ||
services under contract with another person; | ||
(C) appointing a monitor to participate in and | ||
report to the board on the activities of the program; and | ||
(D) if a program has been rated as | ||
accredited-probation under the Accountability System for Educator | ||
Preparation for a period of at least one year, revoking the approval | ||
of the program and ordering the program to be closed, provided that | ||
the board or agency must provide the opportunity for a hearing | ||
before the effective date of the closure; [ |
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(3) shall provide for the agency to revoke the | ||
approval of the program and order the program to be closed if the | ||
program has been rated as accredited-probation under the | ||
Accountability System for Educator Preparation for three | ||
consecutive years, provided that the board or agency must provide | ||
the opportunity for a hearing before the effective date of the | ||
closure; and | ||
(4) shall provide the board procedure for changing the | ||
accreditation status of a program that: | ||
(A) does not meet the accreditation standards | ||
established under Section 21.045(a); or | ||
(B) violates a board or agency regulation. | ||
SECTION 3. Sections 21.0452(b), (c), and (d), Education | ||
Code, are amended to read as follows: | ||
(b) The board shall make available at least the following | ||
information regarding each educator preparation program: | ||
(1) the information specified in Sections 21.045(a) | ||
and (b); | ||
(2) in addition to any other appropriate information | ||
indicating the quality of persons admitted to the program, the | ||
average academic qualifications possessed by persons admitted to | ||
the program, including: | ||
(A) average overall grade point average and | ||
average grade point average in specific subject areas; and | ||
(B) average scores on the Scholastic Assessment | ||
Test (SAT), the American College Test (ACT), or the Graduate Record | ||
Examination (GRE), as applicable; | ||
(3) the degree to which persons who complete the | ||
program are successful in obtaining teaching positions; | ||
(4) the extent to which the program prepares teachers, | ||
including general education teachers and special education | ||
teachers, to effectively teach: | ||
(A) students with disabilities; and | ||
(B) students of limited English proficiency, as | ||
defined by Section 29.052; | ||
(5) the activities offered by the program that are | ||
designed to prepare teachers to: | ||
(A) integrate technology effectively into | ||
curricula and instruction, including activities consistent with | ||
the principles of universal design for learning; and | ||
(B) use technology effectively to collect, | ||
manage, and analyze data to improve teaching and learning for the | ||
purpose of increasing student academic achievement; | ||
(6) the ratio of field supervisors to candidates | ||
completing student teaching, clinical teaching, or an internship in | ||
an educator preparation program; | ||
(7) the percentage of teachers employed under a | ||
standard teaching certificate within one year of completing the | ||
program; | ||
(8) the perseverance of beginning teachers in the | ||
profession, as determined on the basis of the number of beginning | ||
teachers who maintain status as active contributing members in the | ||
Teacher Retirement System of Texas for at least three years after | ||
certification in comparison to similar programs; | ||
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participants on completion of the program that involve evaluation | ||
of the program's effectiveness in preparing participants to succeed | ||
in the classroom; and | ||
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principals that involve evaluation of the program's effectiveness | ||
in preparing participants to succeed in the classroom, based on | ||
experience with employed program participants. | ||
(c) For purposes of Subsection (b)(9) [ |
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shall require an educator preparation program to distribute an exit | ||
survey that a program participant must complete before the | ||
participant is eligible to receive a certificate under this | ||
subchapter. | ||
(d) For purposes of Subsections (b)(9) [ |
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participants and school principals. | ||
SECTION 4. Subchapter B, Chapter 21, Education Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 21.0454 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 21.0454. FIELD SUPERVISORS. The board shall propose | ||
rules to establish minimum standards for field supervisor to | ||
candidate ratios in educator preparation programs to ensure the | ||
effective supervision of candidates. | ||
SECTION 5. Section 21.033(a-1), Education Code, as added by | ||
this Act, regarding the qualifications of one voting member of the | ||
State Board for Educator Certification, does not affect the | ||
entitlement of a member serving on the board immediately before the | ||
effective date of this Act to continue to serve as a member of the | ||
board for the remainder of the member's term. After a term of a | ||
voting member expires on February 1, 2017, the governor shall | ||
appoint a member who meets the requirements under Section | ||
21.033(a-1), Education Code, as added by this Act. | ||
SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |