Bill Text: TX SB193 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to an audit by the Texas Education Agency of public school professional development training requirements.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-03 - Referred to Education [SB193 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB193-Introduced.html
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By: Powell | S.B. No. 193 |
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relating to an audit by the Texas Education Agency of public school | ||
professional development training requirements. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Sections 21.4513(a) and (b), Education Code, are | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) Using only available funds and resources from public or | ||
private sources, the agency shall [ |
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at least once every four years of the professional development | ||
requirements applicable to educators in this state and any other | ||
continuing education and training requirements, including state | ||
and federal requirements and requirements imposed by school | ||
districts. | ||
(b) Based on audit results, the agency, with input from | ||
stakeholders and organizations that represent educators, shall | ||
consider the value of maintaining existing state-mandated training | ||
requirements relating to specific topics and seek to eliminate any | ||
unnecessary topic-specific training requirements, eliminate any | ||
conflicting requirements, and consolidate any duplicative | ||
requirements through the following methods, as appropriate: | ||
(1) taking administrative action; | ||
(2) encouraging school districts to make appropriate | ||
changes to district policies; or | ||
(3) recommending statutory changes to the | ||
legislature. | ||
SECTION 2. Not later than December 31, 2022, the Texas | ||
Education Agency shall complete an audit of professional | ||
development training requirements as required by Section 21.4513, | ||
Education Code, as amended by this Act. | ||
SECTION 3. 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 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |