1-1 By: Cain S.B. No. 1727
1-2 (In the Senate - Filed March 9, 2001; March 14, 2001, read
1-3 first time and referred to Committee on Education; April 17, 2001,
1-4 reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0;
1-5 April 17, 2001, sent to printer.)
1-6 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-7 AN ACT
1-8 relating to staff development provided by school districts.
1-9 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-10 SECTION 1. Subsection (a), Section 21.451, Education Code,
1-11 is amended to read as follows:
1-12 (a) The staff development provided by a school district must
1-13 be conducted in accordance with minimum standards developed by the
1-14 commissioner for program planning, preparation, and improvement.
1-15 The staff development:
1-16 (1) must include training in:
1-17 (A) technology;
1-18 (B) [,] conflict resolution;[,] and
1-19 (C) discipline strategies, including classroom
1-20 management, district discipline policies, and the student code of
1-21 conduct adopted under Section 37.001 and Chapter 37;
1-22 (2) must include training that:
1-23 (A) relates to instruction of students with
1-24 disabilities; and
1-25 (B) is designed for educators who work primarily
1-26 outside of the area of special education; and
1-27 (3) [(2)] may include instruction as to what is
1-28 permissible under law, including opinions of the United States
1-29 Supreme Court, in regard to prayers in public school.
1-30 SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2002-2003
1-31 school year.
1-32 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-33 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-34 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
1-35 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-36 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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