Bill Text: TX HB2886 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to providing a training course for public school prekindergarten teachers.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-04-21 - Left pending in committee [HB2886 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB2886-Introduced.html
| 84R12211 CAE-D | ||
| By: Deshotel | H.B. No. 2886 | |
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| relating to providing a training course for public school | ||
| prekindergarten teachers. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter J, Chapter 21, Education Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 21.464 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 21.464. PREKINDERGARTEN TEACHER TRAINING COURSE. (a) | ||
| The commissioner shall develop a prekindergarten teacher training | ||
| course to be offered to prekindergarten teachers employed by a | ||
| school district or open-enrollment charter school. | ||
| (b) A course provided under this section shall provide | ||
| instruction in the development and operation of effective | ||
| prekindergarten classes, including training in: | ||
| (1) the prekindergarten guidelines established by the | ||
| agency; | ||
| (2) effective and systematic instructional techniques | ||
| for teaching prekindergarten students using the prekindergarten | ||
| guidelines; and | ||
| (3) designing and implementing a comprehensive | ||
| curriculum in the classroom. | ||
| (c) The commissioner shall contract with each regional | ||
| education service center to provide the prekindergarten teacher | ||
| training course developed under this section. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. | ||
