Bill Text: TX SB226 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to instruction in educator training programs regarding digital learning, virtual learning, and virtual instruction.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-06-14 - Effective on 9/1/21 [SB226 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB226-Enrolled.html
S.B. No. 226 |
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relating to instruction in educator training programs regarding | ||
digital learning, virtual learning, and virtual instruction. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 21.001, Education Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subdivisions (4) and (5) to read as follows: | ||
(4) "Virtual instruction" means instructional | ||
activities delivered to students primarily over the Internet. | ||
(5) "Virtual learning" means digital learning | ||
facilitated by virtual instruction. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 21.044(c-2), Education Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(c-2) Any minimum academic qualifications for a certificate | ||
specified under Subsection (a) that require a person to possess a | ||
bachelor's degree must also require that the person receive, as | ||
part of the training required to obtain that certificate, | ||
instruction in digital learning, virtual learning, and virtual | ||
instruction, including a digital literacy evaluation followed by a | ||
prescribed digital learning curriculum. The instruction required | ||
must: | ||
(1) be aligned with the International Society for | ||
Technology in Education's standards for teachers; | ||
(2) provide effective, evidence-based strategies to | ||
determine a person's degree of digital literacy; [ |
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(3) cover best practices in: | ||
(A) assessing students receiving virtual | ||
instruction, based on academic progress; and | ||
(B) developing a virtual learning curriculum; | ||
and | ||
(4) include resources to address any deficiencies | ||
identified by the digital literacy evaluation. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 226 passed the Senate on | ||
April 19, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 226 passed the House on | ||
May 26, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 130, Nays 17, two | ||
present not voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
Approved: | ||
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Date | ||
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Governor |