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House Bill 2729 |
House Author: Harris, Cody |
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Effective: 9-1-23 |
Senate Sponsor: Creighton |
House Bill 2729 amends the Education Code to include an associate or baccalaureate degree in early childhood education or a related field or at least eight years' experience of teaching in a Texas Rising Star Program among the additional qualifications that a certified teacher may meet for purposes of teaching a high quality prekindergarten program class. The bill requires each teacher for a program class provided by an entity with which a public school district contracts to provide the program to be supervised by a person who is qualified to teach a program class and also meets specified qualifications. The bill authorizes a person who supervises a teacher for a program class to supervise multiple prekindergarten classes. The bill makes an entity contracted to provide the program subject to the requirement to attempt to maintain an average ratio in a program class of not less than one qualified teacher or teacher's aide for each 11 students.