79S10031 CAS-D

By:  Hochberg                                                     H.B. No. 25 



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to limits on the assignment of public school students to 
teachers. 
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 28, Education Code, is 
amended by adding Section 28.0215 to read as follows:
	Sec. 28.0215.  LIMITS ON ASSIGNMENT OF STUDENTS TO TEACHERS.  
(a)  A student in kindergarten or grades one through six may not be 
assigned for two consecutive school years to a teacher who:
		(1)  has less than one year of teaching experience; or                 
		(2)  does not hold the appropriate certificate issued 
by the State Board for Educator Certification.
	(b)  In a subject for which a student is administered an 
assessment instrument under Section 39.023(a) or (c), a student in 
grade seven or higher may not be assigned for two consecutive school 
years to a teacher who:
		(1)  has less than one year of teaching experience; or                 
		(2)  does not hold the appropriate certificate issued 
by the State Board for Educator Certification.
	SECTION 2.  This Act applies beginning with the 2005-2006 
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 on the 91st day after the last day of the 
legislative session.