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Senate Bill 1267 |
Senate Author: West |
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Effective: 6-18-21 |
House Sponsor: Lozano |
Senate Bill 1267 amends the Education Code to require the State Board for Educator Certification to publish a clearinghouse of information regarding continuing education and training requirements for educators and other school personnel and to establish a clearinghouse advisory group. The bill requires a public school district or open‑enrollment charter school to adopt a professional development policy based on an annual review of the clearinghouse. The bill revises, updates, and consolidates various educator training provisions, including continuing education and staff development requirements, related record‑keeping and reporting requirements, and provisions relating to the following specific areas of educator training, among others:
· educating diverse student populations;
· reading instruction academies and mathematics instruction academies for teachers;
· certain mental and behavioral health topics;
· training in the administration of certain statewide standardized tests;
· the UIL safety training program; and
· prevention and recognition of sexual abuse, sex trafficking, and other maltreatment of children.