By: McReynolds H.B. No. 2939
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to service of certain public school administrators as
classroom teachers.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 11, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 11.203 as follows:
Section 11.203. ADMINISTRATOR SERVICE AS TEACHER. (a)
Each superintendent, assistant superintendent, principal,
assistant principal, and other person serving in a supervisory
capacity over a classroom teacher shall serve as a classroom
teacher for at least one hour each day for a full semester once
every five years. The administrator shall perform all duties
associated with teaching, including planning, grading, and
completing written reports.
(b) The teaching assignment for an administrator under this
section shall be in an academic subject related to the
administrator's area of certification to the greatest extent
possible.
(c) The campus-level committee established under Section
11.251 for the campus at which an administrator will be teaching
under this section shall be consulted with regard to the assignment
of the administrator in a classroom, and shall approve guidelines
relating to the duties of a classroom teacher whose instructional
time is reduced as a result of an administrator's compliance with
this section. Such guidelines shall place a priority on allowing
the teacher additional time for planning, professional development
activities, or personal leave; however, a teacher may not be
required to use state or local personal leave with regard to this
section.
(d) Funds of a school district may not be used to pay an
administrator who is not in compliance with this section.
SECTION 2. The heading to Subchapter E, Chapter 11,
Education Code, is amended to read as follows:
SUBCHAPTER E. ADMINISTRATORS [SUPERINTENDENTS AND PRINCIPALS]
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2003–2004
school year.
SECTION 3. 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 September 1, 2003.