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.