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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a teacher's authority regarding use of classroom time |
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for preparation for the administration of certain assessment |
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instruments. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 39, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 39.035 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 39.035. CLASSROOM PREPARATION FOR CERTAIN ASSESSMENT |
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INSTRUMENTS. (a) A teacher who teaches a grade level and subject |
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for which an assessment instrument is administered under Section |
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39.023 may determine, in connection with preparing students for the |
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administration of the assessment instrument: |
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(1) whether any class time will be devoted to |
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assessment instrument preparation; and |
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(2) the amount and scheduling of class time devoted to |
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assessment instrument preparation. |
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(b) A teacher's determination under Subsection (a) may be |
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overruled only by unanimous agreement of a committee established |
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under Subsection (c). |
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(c) Each school district shall establish a three-member |
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review committee to determine, on request of the principal, whether |
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a teacher's determination under Subsection (a) is unreasonable. |
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Members shall be appointed as follows: |
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(1) the campus faculty shall choose two teachers to |
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serve as members and one teacher to serve as an alternate member; |
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and |
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(2) the principal shall choose one member from the |
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professional staff of the campus. |
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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. |