By: Cain, West S.B. No. 1727
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to staff development provided by school districts.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. Subsection (a), Section 21.451, Education Code,
1-5 is amended to read as follows:
1-6 (a) The staff development provided by a school district must
1-7 be conducted in accordance with minimum standards developed by the
1-8 commissioner for program planning, preparation, and improvement.
1-9 The staff development:
1-10 (1) must include training in:
1-11 (A) technology;
1-12 (B) [,] conflict resolution;[,] and
1-13 (C) discipline strategies, including classroom
1-14 management, district discipline policies, and the student code of
1-15 conduct adopted under Section 37.001 and Chapter 37;
1-16 (2) must include training that:
1-17 (A) relates to instruction of students with
1-18 disabilities; and
1-19 (B) is designed for educators who work primarily
1-20 outside of the area of special education; and
1-21 (3) [(2)] may include instruction as to what is
1-22 permissible under law, including opinions of the United States
1-23 Supreme Court, in regard to prayers in public school.
1-24 SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2002-2003
1-25 school year.
2-1 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
2-2 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
2-3 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
2-4 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
2-5 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.