Bill Text: TX HB642 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to continuing education requirements for certain educators.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective on 9/1/13 [HB642 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB642-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 642 |
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relating to continuing education requirements for certain | ||
educators. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 21.054, Education Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsections (d), (e), and (f) to read as follows: | ||
(d) Continuing education requirements for a classroom | ||
teacher must provide that not more than 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) integrating technology into classroom | ||
instruction; and | ||
(4) educating diverse student populations, including: | ||
(A) students with disabilities, including mental | ||
health disorders; | ||
(B) students who are educationally | ||
disadvantaged; | ||
(C) students of limited English proficiency; and | ||
(D) students at risk of dropping out of school. | ||
(e) Continuing education requirements for a principal must | ||
provide that not more than 25 percent of the training required every | ||
five years include instruction regarding: | ||
(1) effective and efficient management, including: | ||
(A) collecting and analyzing information; | ||
(B) making decisions and managing time; and | ||
(C) supervising student discipline and managing | ||
behavior; | ||
(2) recognizing early warning indicators that a | ||
student may be at risk of dropping out of school; | ||
(3) integrating technology into campus curriculum and | ||
instruction; and | ||
(4) educating diverse student populations, including: | ||
(A) students with disabilities, including mental | ||
health disorders; | ||
(B) students who are educationally | ||
disadvantaged; | ||
(C) students of limited English proficiency; and | ||
(D) students at risk of dropping out of school. | ||
(f) Continuing education requirements for a counselor must | ||
provide that not more than 25 percent of training required every | ||
five years include instruction regarding: | ||
(1) assisting students in developing high school | ||
graduation plans; | ||
(2) implementing dropout prevention strategies; and | ||
(3) informing students concerning: | ||
(A) college admissions, including college | ||
financial aid resources and application procedures; and | ||
(B) career opportunities. | ||
SECTION 2. Not later than January 1, 2014, the State Board | ||
for Educator Certification shall propose rules implementing | ||
Section 21.054, Education Code, as amended by this Act. | ||
SECTION 3. An educator 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), (e), or (f), Education Code, as | ||
added by this Act, for any continuing education requirements period | ||
that ends before January 1, 2017. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act applies beginning with the 2014-2015 | ||
school year. | ||
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 642 was passed by the House on May 1, | ||
2013, by the following vote: Yeas 139, Nays 3, 1 present, not | ||
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. | ||
No. 642 on May 22, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 4, 2 | ||
present, not voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 642 was passed by the Senate, with | ||
amendments, on May 17, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays | ||
0. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: __________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |