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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the assignment of students to classroom teachers. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 28, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 28.0216 to read as follows: |
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Section 28.0216. LIMITS ON ASSIGNMENT OF STUDENTS TO |
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TEACHERS. (a) A student in grades Kindergarten through 6 may not be |
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assigned for two consecutive school years to a teacher who: |
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(1) has less than one year of teaching experience; or |
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(2) does not hold the appropriate certificate issued |
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by the State Board for Educator Certification. |
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(b) In a subject for which a student takes an assessment |
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under Section 39.023(a) or (c), a student in grade 7 or higher may |
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not be assigned for two consecutive school years to a teacher who: |
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(1) has less than one year of teaching experience; or |
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(2) does not hold the appropriate certificate issued |
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by the State Board for Educator Certification. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2007-2008 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |