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Senate Bill 1356 |
Senate Author: Hughes et al. |
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Effective: 6-16-21 |
House Sponsor: Dutton |
Senate Bill 1356 amends the Education Code and Government Code to make an active or retired teacher eligible to participate in a public school district or open‑enrollment charter school tutoring program for students in kindergarten through grade 12, provided that the participant is not included in the registry of persons not eligible for employment by a public school. The bill provides for the participation of a nonprofit teacher organization in the program, subject to commissioner approval, for purposes of access to registry information and the dissemination of certain information, including application procedures, to the organization's members. The bill, among other provisions, provides for the local oversight of the program and authorizes the provision of program tutoring for compensation, on a volunteer basis, or both and online, in person, or both. The bill prohibits the Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS) from withholding a monthly benefit payment of a retiree employed as a program tutor and requires TRS to provide certain program information to its members.