Bill Text: TX SB1267 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to continuing education and training requirements for educators and other school district personnel.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2021-06-18 - Effective immediately [SB1267 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB1267-Enrolled.html
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relating to continuing education and training requirements for | ||
educators and other school district personnel. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 7.058, Education Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 7.058. RESEARCH ON MATHEMATICS SKILLS ACQUISITION AND | ||
PROGRAM EFFECTIVENESS. From funds appropriated for the purpose, | ||
the commissioner shall award to one or more institutions that have | ||
demonstrated an ability to conduct science-based research on | ||
effective instructional strategies that improve student | ||
performance in mathematics a grant to be used to: | ||
(1) develop and identify research on mathematics | ||
skills acquisition and student learning in mathematics; | ||
(2) monitor the effectiveness of mathematics | ||
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(3) examine the effect of mathematics achievement | ||
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performance of teachers who have attended an academy [ |
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(4) identify common practices used at high-performing | ||
school campuses that lead to improved student performance in | ||
mathematics; and | ||
(5) develop research on cognitive development in | ||
children concerning mathematics skills development. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 11.175, Education Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsection (g) to read as follows: | ||
(g) Notwithstanding Section 2054.5191, Government Code, | ||
only the district's cybersecurity coordinator is required to | ||
complete the cybersecurity training under that section on an annual | ||
basis. Any other school district employee required to complete the | ||
cybersecurity training shall complete the training as determined by | ||
the district, in consultation with the district's cybersecurity | ||
coordinator. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 21.054, Education Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsection (a-1) and amending Subsections (d), (e), and (f) | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(a-1) Continuing education requirements for educators must | ||
include training regarding educating students with disabilities. | ||
(d) Continuing education requirements for a classroom | ||
teacher must provide that not more than [ |
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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) digital learning, digital teaching, and | ||
integrating technology into classroom instruction; | ||
(4) educating diverse student populations, including: | ||
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(5) understanding appropriate relationships, | ||
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(e) Continuing education requirements for a principal must | ||
provide that not more than [ |
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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) digital learning, digital teaching, and | ||
integrating technology into campus curriculum and instruction; | ||
(4) effective implementation of a comprehensive | ||
school counseling program under Section 33.005; | ||
(5) mental health programs addressing a mental health | ||
condition; | ||
(6) educating diverse student populations, including: | ||
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school; and | ||
(7) preventing, recognizing, and reporting any sexual | ||
conduct between an educator and student that is prohibited under | ||
Section 21.12, Penal Code, or for which reporting is required under | ||
Section 21.006 of this code[ |
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(f) Continuing education requirements for a counselor must | ||
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required every five years include instruction regarding: | ||
(1) assisting students in developing high school | ||
graduation plans; | ||
(2) implementing dropout prevention strategies; | ||
(3) informing students concerning: | ||
(A) college admissions, including college | ||
financial aid resources and application procedures; and | ||
(B) career opportunities; | ||
(4) counseling students concerning mental health | ||
conditions and substance abuse, including through the use of | ||
grief-informed and trauma-informed interventions and crisis | ||
management and suicide prevention strategies; and | ||
(5) effective implementation of a comprehensive | ||
school counseling program under Section 33.005. | ||
SECTION 4. Sections 21.451(d), (d-1), and (d-3), Education | ||
Code, are amended to read as follows: | ||
(d) The staff development: | ||
(1) may include training in: | ||
(A) technology and digital learning; and | ||
(B) positive behavior intervention and support | ||
strategies, including classroom management, district discipline | ||
policies, and the student code of conduct adopted under Chapter 37; | ||
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(2) subject to Subsection (e) and to Section 21.3541 | ||
and rules adopted under that section, must include training that is | ||
evidence-based, as defined by Section 8101, Every Student Succeeds | ||
Act (20 U.S.C. Section 7801), and that: | ||
(A) relates to instruction of students with | ||
disabilities, including students with disabilities who also have | ||
other intellectual or mental health conditions; and | ||
(B) is designed for educators who work primarily | ||
outside the area of special education; and | ||
(3) must include training on: | ||
(A) suicide prevention; | ||
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maintaining positive relationships among students, including | ||
conflict resolution; | ||
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to, and reporting incidents of bullying. | ||
(d-1) The training required by Subsection (d)(3): | ||
(1) must: | ||
(A) be provided in accordance with the policy | ||
adopted under Section 21.4515;[ |
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(B) use a best practice-based program | ||
recommended by the Health and Human Services Commission in | ||
coordination with the agency under Section 38.351; and | ||
(2) may include two or more listed topics together. | ||
(d-3) The technology and digital learning training provided | ||
by Subsection (d)(1)(A) [ |
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(1) discuss basic technology proficiency expectations | ||
and methods to increase an educator's digital literacy; and | ||
(2) assist an educator in the use of digital | ||
technology in learning activities that improve teaching, | ||
assessment, and instructional practices. | ||
SECTION 5. Subchapter J, Chapter 21, Education Code, is | ||
amended by adding Sections 21.4514 and 21.4515 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 21.4514. CONTINUING EDUCATION AND TRAINING | ||
CLEARINGHOUSE; ADVISORY GROUP. (a) In this section: | ||
(1) "Board" means the State Board for Educator | ||
Certification. | ||
(2) "Clearinghouse advisory group" means the | ||
clearinghouse advisory group established under Subsection (d). | ||
(b) The board shall publish a comprehensive clearinghouse | ||
of information regarding continuing education and training | ||
requirements for: | ||
(1) educators; and | ||
(2) other school personnel. | ||
(c) The clearinghouse must: | ||
(1) include best practices and industry | ||
recommendations for the frequency for training of educators and | ||
other school personnel; and | ||
(2) be published in consultation with the | ||
clearinghouse advisory group. | ||
(d) The board shall establish a clearinghouse advisory | ||
group consisting of educators, including classroom teachers, and | ||
representatives of organizations that represent educators to | ||
review and provide input regarding the best practices and industry | ||
recommendations included in the clearinghouse. In publishing the | ||
clearinghouse, the board shall ensure the clearinghouse reflects | ||
input provided by the clearinghouse advisory group. | ||
(e) Not later than December 1 of each even-numbered year, | ||
the clearinghouse advisory group shall complete a review of the | ||
clearinghouse and submit a report to the legislature of the group's | ||
recommendations regarding whether any required continuing | ||
education or training may be reduced, eliminated, or consolidated | ||
with other existing continuing education or training. | ||
Sec. 21.4515. ANNUAL ADOPTION OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT | ||
POLICY. (a) The board of trustees of a school district and the | ||
governing body of an open-enrollment charter school, to the extent | ||
applicable, shall annually review the clearinghouse published | ||
under Section 21.4514 and adopt a professional development policy | ||
that must: | ||
(1) be guided by the recommendations for training in | ||
the clearinghouse; | ||
(2) note any differences in the policy adopted by the | ||
district or school from the recommendations in the clearinghouse; | ||
and | ||
(3) include a schedule of all training required for | ||
educators or other school personnel at the district or school. | ||
(b) To the extent of any conflict, a frequency requirement | ||
for the completion of training provided by statute prevails over a | ||
frequency requirement for that training included in the policy | ||
adopted by the board of trustees of a school district or the | ||
governing body of an open-enrollment charter school under | ||
Subsection (a). | ||
(c) The commissioner may not adopt rules regarding a | ||
required frequency for the completion of training unless: | ||
(1) a frequency is provided by statute for that | ||
training; and | ||
(2) the commissioner is granted explicit rulemaking | ||
authority related to that training. | ||
SECTION 6. Section 21.4552, Education Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsections (a), (b), and (c) and adding Subsection (b-1) | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(a) The commissioner shall develop and make available | ||
literacy achievement academies for teachers who provide reading | ||
instruction to students at any grade level [ |
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(b) A literacy achievement academy developed under this | ||
section: | ||
(1) for teachers who provide reading instruction to | ||
students at the kindergarten or first, second, or third grade | ||
level: | ||
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instructional practices in reading, including phonemic awareness, | ||
phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension; and | ||
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instructional methods that are appropriate for struggling readers; | ||
and | ||
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instructional practices in writing; | ||
(2) for teachers who provide reading instruction to | ||
students at the fourth or fifth grade level: | ||
(A) must include effective instructional | ||
practices that promote student development of reading | ||
comprehension and inferential and critical thinking; | ||
(B) must provide training in the use of | ||
empirically validated instructional methods that are appropriate | ||
for struggling readers; and | ||
(C) may include material on writing instruction; | ||
(3) for teachers who provide reading instruction to | ||
students at the sixth, seventh, or eighth grade level, must include | ||
training in: | ||
(A) strategies to be implemented in English | ||
language arts and other subject areas for multisyllable word | ||
reading, vocabulary development, and comprehension of expository | ||
and narrative text; | ||
(B) an adaptation framework that enables | ||
teachers to respond to differing student strengths and needs, | ||
including adaptations for students of limited English proficiency | ||
or students receiving special education services under Subchapter | ||
A, Chapter 29; | ||
(C) collaborative strategies to increase active | ||
student involvement and motivation to read; and | ||
(D) other areas identified by the commissioner as | ||
essential components of reading instruction; | ||
(4) for teachers who provide reading instruction to | ||
students at the seventh or eighth grade level, must include | ||
training in: | ||
(A) administration of the reading instrument | ||
required by Section 28.006(c-1); and | ||
(B) interpretation of the results of the reading | ||
instrument required by Section 28.006(c-1) and strategies, based on | ||
scientific research regarding effective reading instruction, for | ||
long-term intensive intervention to target identified student | ||
needs in word recognition, vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension; | ||
and | ||
(5) for teachers who provide instruction in | ||
mathematics, science, or social studies to students at the sixth, | ||
seventh, or eighth grade level, must include training in: | ||
(A) strategies for incorporating reading | ||
instruction into the curriculum for the subject area taught by the | ||
teacher; and | ||
(B) other areas identified by the commissioner. | ||
(b-1) The completion of a literacy achievement academy | ||
under this section by an educator who teaches students with | ||
dyslexia satisfies: | ||
(1) the training requirement under Section 21.054(b); | ||
and | ||
(2) a training requirement adopted by the State Board | ||
of Education pursuant to Section 38.003 related to the screening or | ||
treatment of a student for dyslexia or a related disorder. | ||
(c) The commissioner shall adopt criteria for selecting | ||
teachers who may attend a literacy achievement academy. In | ||
adopting selection criteria under this subsection, the | ||
commissioner shall: | ||
(1) require a teacher to attend a literacy achievement | ||
academy if the teacher provides instruction in reading, | ||
mathematics, science, or social studies to students at the sixth, | ||
seventh, or eighth grade level at a campus that fails to satisfy any | ||
standard under Section 39.054(e) on the basis of student | ||
performance on the reading assessment instrument administered | ||
under Section 39.023(a) to students in any grade level at the | ||
campus; | ||
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by a school district at a campus at which 50 percent or more of the | ||
students enrolled are educationally disadvantaged; and | ||
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attend the academy if the academy has available space and the school | ||
district employing the teacher pays the costs of the teacher's | ||
attendance. | ||
SECTION 7. Sections 21.4553(a) and (b), Education Code, are | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) The commissioner shall develop and make available | ||
mathematics achievement academies for teachers who provide | ||
mathematics instruction to students at any grade level [ |
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(b) A mathematics achievement academy developed under this | ||
section must, if appropriate for the grade level at which the | ||
teacher provides instruction, include training in: | ||
(1) effective and systematic instructional practices | ||
in mathematics, including problem solving, the place value system, | ||
whole number operations, and fractions; | ||
(2) the underlying mathematical skills required to be | ||
taught; and | ||
(3) mathematical instruction techniques that, through | ||
scientific testing, have been proven effective. | ||
SECTION 8. Subchapter J, Chapter 21, Education Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 21.4571 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 21.4571. TEXAS ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY | ||
ASSESSMENT SYSTEM TRAINING. (a) The commissioner may not require a | ||
school district employee to repeat training or online calibration | ||
activities the employee has previously successfully completed | ||
related to administering the Texas English Language Proficiency | ||
Assessment System, except that the commissioner may require the | ||
employee to complete training or online calibration activities if | ||
the administration of or assessment using the Texas English | ||
Language Proficiency Assessment System has changed significantly | ||
since the employee completed the training. | ||
(b) The school district employee assigned to oversee the | ||
administration of the Texas English Language Proficiency | ||
Assessment System at a district campus may, with discretion, | ||
require other district employees involved in administering the | ||
Texas English Language Proficiency Assessment System to complete | ||
training or online calibration activities described by Subsection | ||
(a). | ||
(c) A school district employee may not be required to | ||
complete a training or online calibration activity described by | ||
Subsection (a) in one sitting. | ||
SECTION 9. Sections 21.458(b) and (b-1), Education Code, | ||
are amended to read as follows: | ||
(b) The commissioner shall adopt rules necessary to | ||
administer this section, including rules concerning the duties and | ||
qualifications of a teacher who serves as a mentor and the number of | ||
classroom teachers that may be assigned to a mentor. The rules | ||
concerning qualifications must require that to serve as a mentor a | ||
teacher must: | ||
(1) complete a research-based mentor and induction | ||
training program approved by the commissioner; | ||
(2) complete a mentor training program provided by the | ||
district, which the district may allow to be satisfied by | ||
completing the training program described by Subdivision (1); | ||
(3) have at least three complete years of teaching | ||
experience with a superior record of assisting students, as a | ||
whole, in achieving improvement in student performance; and | ||
(4) demonstrate interpersonal skills, instructional | ||
effectiveness, and leadership skills. | ||
(b-1) A school district must provide training as described | ||
by Subsection (b)(2) to mentor teachers and any appropriate | ||
district and campus employees who work with the classroom teacher | ||
or supervise the classroom teacher. A district may allow a training | ||
program approved by the commissioner under Subsection (b)(1) to | ||
qualify for the training required by this section. The training | ||
must be completed by the mentor teacher and the district and campus | ||
employees before the beginning of the school year. The district | ||
shall also provide supplemental training to mentor teachers and | ||
employees during the school year. The training must include | ||
content related to best mentorship practices. | ||
SECTION 10. Section 22.902(a), Education Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(a) A school district shall, in accordance with the policy | ||
adopted under Section 21.4515, [ |
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district employees and volunteers instruction in the principles and | ||
techniques of cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the use of an | ||
automated external defibrillator, as defined by Section 779.001, | ||
Health and Safety Code. | ||
SECTION 11. Section 28.006(g-1), Education Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(g-1) A school district shall provide additional reading | ||
instruction and intervention to each student in seventh grade | ||
assessed under Subsection (c-1), as appropriate to improve the | ||
student's reading skills in the relevant areas identified through | ||
the assessment instrument. Training and support for activities | ||
required by this subsection shall be provided by regional education | ||
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provided by other public and private providers. | ||
SECTION 12. Section 28.0062(a), Education Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(a) Each school district and open-enrollment charter school | ||
shall: | ||
(1) provide for the use of a phonics curriculum that | ||
uses systematic direct instruction in kindergarten through third | ||
grade to ensure all students obtain necessary early literacy | ||
skills; | ||
(2) ensure that: | ||
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school year, each classroom teacher in kindergarten or first, | ||
second, or third grade and each principal at a campus with | ||
kindergarten or first, second, or third grade has attended a | ||
teacher literacy achievement academy developed under Section | ||
21.4552; and | ||
(B) each classroom teacher and each principal | ||
initially employed in a grade level or at a campus described by | ||
Paragraph (A) for the 2022-2023 [ |
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subsequent school year has attended a teacher literacy achievement | ||
academy developed under Section 21.4552 before the teacher's or | ||
principal's first year of placement in that grade level or campus; | ||
and | ||
(3) certify to the agency that the district or school: | ||
(A) prioritizes placement of highly effective | ||
teachers in kindergarten through second grade; and | ||
(B) has integrated reading instruments used to | ||
diagnose reading development and comprehension to support each | ||
student in prekindergarten through third grade. | ||
SECTION 13. Section 29.063, Education Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: | ||
(e) The agency may not require members of a language | ||
proficiency assessment committee to complete training to serve on | ||
that committee. | ||
SECTION 14. Section 33.086(b), Education Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(b) Each school district shall adopt, in accordance with the | ||
policy adopted under Section 21.4515, procedures necessary for | ||
administering this section, including procedures for the time and | ||
manner in which proof of current certification must be submitted. | ||
SECTION 15. Sections 33.202(b) and (c), Education Code, are | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(b) The following persons must satisfactorily complete the | ||
safety training program in accordance with the policy adopted under | ||
Section 21.4515: | ||
(1) a coach, trainer, or sponsor for an | ||
extracurricular athletic activity; and | ||
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(c) The safety training program must include: | ||
(1) certification of participants by the American Red | ||
Cross, the American Heart Association, or a similar organization or | ||
by the University Interscholastic League; | ||
(2) current training in: | ||
(A) emergency action planning; | ||
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emergency service operators and other emergency personnel; and | ||
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catastrophic injuries, including head and neck injuries, | ||
concussions, injuries related to second impact syndrome, asthma | ||
attacks, heatstroke, cardiac arrest, and injuries requiring use of | ||
a defibrillator; and | ||
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that incorporates the training described by Subdivision (2) and | ||
simulates various injuries described by Subdivision (2)(C) | ||
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SECTION 16. Section 37.0831(b), Education Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(b) A dating violence policy must: | ||
(1) include a definition of dating violence that | ||
includes the intentional use of physical, sexual, verbal, or | ||
emotional abuse by a person to harm, threaten, intimidate, or | ||
control another person in a dating relationship, as defined by | ||
Section 71.0021, Family Code; and | ||
(2) address safety planning, enforcement of | ||
protective orders, school-based alternatives to protective orders, | ||
training for teachers and administrators at each district campus | ||
that instructs students in grade six or higher, counseling for | ||
affected students, and awareness education for students and | ||
parents. | ||
SECTION 17. Sections 38.0041(c) and (d), Education Code, | ||
are amended to read as follows: | ||
(c) The methods under Subsection (b)(1) for increasing | ||
awareness of issues regarding sexual abuse, sex trafficking, and | ||
other maltreatment of children must include training, as provided | ||
by this subsection, concerning prevention techniques for and | ||
recognition of sexual abuse, sex trafficking, and all other | ||
maltreatment of children, including the sexual abuse, sex | ||
trafficking, and other maltreatment of children with significant | ||
cognitive disabilities. The training: | ||
(1) must be provided: | ||
(A) in accordance with the policy adopted under | ||
Section 21.4515; and[ |
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(2) must include training concerning: | ||
(A) factors indicating a child is at risk for | ||
sexual abuse, sex trafficking, or other maltreatment; | ||
(B) likely warning signs indicating a child may | ||
be a victim of sexual abuse, sex trafficking, or other | ||
maltreatment; | ||
(C) internal procedures for seeking assistance | ||
for a child who is at risk for sexual abuse, sex trafficking, or | ||
other maltreatment, including referral to a school counselor, a | ||
social worker, or another mental health professional; | ||
(D) techniques for reducing a child's risk of | ||
sexual abuse, sex trafficking, or other maltreatment; and | ||
(E) community organizations that have relevant | ||
existing research-based programs that are able to provide training | ||
or other education for school district or open-enrollment charter | ||
school staff members, students, and parents. | ||
(d) For any training under Subsection (c), each school | ||
district and open-enrollment charter school shall maintain records | ||
that include the [ |
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SECTION 18. Section 38.030(g), Education Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(g) The course of instruction for training described under | ||
Subsection (f) may [ |
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course of instruction must use nationally recognized, | ||
evidence-based guidelines for bleeding control and must | ||
incorporate instruction on the psychomotor skills necessary to use | ||
a bleeding control station in the event of an injury to another | ||
person, including instruction on proper chest seal placement. | ||
SECTION 19. Section 38.036, Education Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsections (c) and (d) and adding Subsection (c-1) to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(c) The methods under Subsection (b)(1) for increasing | ||
awareness and implementation of trauma-informed care must include | ||
training as provided by this subsection. The training must: | ||
(1) be provided: | ||
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list of recommended best practice-based programs and | ||
research-based practices established under Section 38.351 | ||
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(B) in accordance with the policy adopted under | ||
Section 21.4515; and | ||
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for all new school district educators; and | ||
(2) address how grief and trauma affect student | ||
learning and behavior and how evidence-based, grief-informed, and | ||
trauma-informed strategies support the academic success of | ||
students affected by grief and trauma | ||
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(c-1) The training under Subsection (c) may include two or | ||
more listed topics together. | ||
(d) For any training under Subsection (c), each school | ||
district shall maintain records that include the [ |
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SECTION 20. Section 38.210(b), Education Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(b) Training required under this section must: | ||
(1) include information on: | ||
(A) recognizing the signs and symptoms of | ||
anaphylaxis; | ||
(B) administering an epinephrine auto-injector; | ||
(C) implementing emergency procedures, if | ||
necessary, after administering an epinephrine auto-injector; and | ||
(D) properly disposing of used or expired | ||
epinephrine auto-injectors; [ |
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(2) be provided in a formal training session or | ||
through online education; and | ||
(3) be provided in accordance with the policy adopted | ||
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SECTION 21. Section 38.351(h), Education Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(h) If a school district provides the training under | ||
Subsection (g), the school district shall: | ||
(1) require completion of the training in accordance | ||
with the policy adopted under Section 21.4515 [ |
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participated in the training. | ||
SECTION 22. Section 39.0304, Education Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsections (b-1) and (b-2) to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(a) To ensure that each administration of assessment | ||
instruments under Section 39.023 is valid, reliable, and in | ||
compliance with the requirements of this subchapter, the | ||
commissioner may require training for school district employees | ||
involved in the administration of the assessment instruments, | ||
subject to Subsection (b-1). | ||
(b-1) The commissioner may only require the employee at each | ||
district campus who oversees the administration of the assessment | ||
instruments to annually receive the training required under | ||
Subsection (a). | ||
(b-2) The school district employee who oversees test | ||
administration on a district campus may, with discretion, require | ||
other district employees involved in the administration of | ||
assessment instruments to repeat the training under Subsection (a). | ||
SECTION 23. Section 39.408, Education Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 39.408. ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR CERTAIN GRANT | ||
PROGRAMS. A school district or campus is eligible to participate in | ||
programs under Sections [ |
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district or campus exhibited during each of the three preceding | ||
school years characteristics that strongly correlate with high | ||
dropout rates. | ||
SECTION 24. The following provisions of the Education Code | ||
are repealed: | ||
(1) Section 21.054(d-2), as amended by Chapter 464 | ||
(S.B. 11) and Chapter 352 (H.B. 18), Acts of the 86th Legislature, | ||
Regular Session, 2019; | ||
(2) Section 21.054(e-2); | ||
(3) Section 21.454; | ||
(4) Section 21.4541; | ||
(5) Section 21.455; | ||
(6) Section 21.4551; | ||
(7) Section 21.4554; | ||
(8) Section 28.013(d); | ||
(9) Sections 33.202(d), (e), and (f); | ||
(10) Section 34.0021; and | ||
(11) Section 38.036(e). | ||
SECTION 25. To the extent of any conflict, this Act prevails | ||
over another Act of the 87th Legislature, Regular Session, 2021, | ||
relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted | ||
codes. | ||
SECTION 26. (a) Not later than June 1, 2022, the State | ||
Board for Educator Certification shall publish the continuing | ||
education and training clearinghouse required by Section 21.4514, | ||
Education Code, as added by this Act. | ||
(b) Not later than August 1, 2022, each school district | ||
shall adopt a professional development policy for district | ||
personnel in accordance with Section 21.4515, Education Code, as | ||
added by this Act. | ||
(c) Except as provided by Subsection (b) of this section, | ||
this Act applies beginning with the 2021-2022 school year. | ||
SECTION 27. The Texas Education Agency is required to | ||
implement a provision of this Act only if the legislature | ||
appropriates money specifically for that purpose. If the | ||
legislature does not appropriate money specifically for that | ||
purpose, the Texas Education Agency may, but is not required to, | ||
implement a provision of this Act using other appropriations | ||
available for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 28. 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, 2021. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1267 passed the Senate on | ||
April 21, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; | ||
May 28, 2021, Senate refused to concur in House amendments and | ||
requested appointment of Conference Committee; May 28, 2021, House | ||
granted request of the Senate; May 30, 2021, Senate adopted | ||
Conference Committee Report by the following vote: Yeas 30, | ||
Nays 1. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Secretary of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1267 passed the House, with | ||
amendments, on May 25, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 112, | ||
Nays 27, two present not voting; May 28, 2021, House granted | ||
request of the Senate for appointment of Conference Committee; | ||
May 30, 2021, House adopted Conference Committee Report by the | ||
following vote: Yeas 138, Nays 5, one present not voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
Approved: | ||
______________________________ | ||
Date | ||
______________________________ | ||
Governor |