78S40401 SLO-D

By:  Shapleigh                                                    S.B. No. 24 



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to strategies and reports on the recruitment and retention 
of public school teachers.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 21, Education Code, is 
amended by adding Section 21.007 to read as follows:
	Sec. 21.007.  TEACHER RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION STRATEGY AND 
REPORT.  (a)  Not later than January 1, 2005, each school district 
shall develop a strategy for the district's recruitment and 
retention of teachers over the succeeding five year period.  Each 
district shall file a written report of the district's strategy 
with the agency and the State Board for Educator Certification.
	(b)  Not later than January 1, 2006, the agency and the State 
Board for Educator Certification shall prepare and submit a report 
to the legislature based on the teacher recruitment and retention 
strategies received from districts under Subsection (a).
	(c)  The agency and the State Board for Educator 
Certification shall adopt guidelines for the implementation of this 
section.
	(d)  This section expires January 31, 2006.                             
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this 
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect on the 91st day after the last day of the 
legislative session.