BILL ANALYSIS
Senate Research Center C.S.H.B. 4435
81R35665 CAE-F By: Allen (Huffman)
Committee Report (Substituted)
AUTHOR'S / SPONSOR'S STATEMENT OF INTENT
Current law requires participation in the school leadership pilot program for principals (program) by the principal of a campus rated academically unacceptable and any person hired to replace that principal. This requirement necessitates that the person hired to replace the original principal spend significant time away from the campus.
C.S.H.B. 4435 relates to the requirement for participation by certain principals in the program.
RULEMAKING AUTHORITY
This bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, institution, or agency.
SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS
SECTION 1. Amends Section 11.203(d), Education Code, as follows:
(d) Requires a principal who was employed as a principal at a campus that was rated academically unacceptable during the preceding school year to participate in the school leadership pilot program for principals (program) and complete the program requirements not later than a date determined by the commissioner of education. Deletes existing text requiring a principal of a campus rated academically unacceptable, as well as any person employed to replace that principal, to participate in the program and complete the program requirements not later than a date determined by the commissioner of education.
SECTION 2. Provides that Section 11.203(d), Education Code, as amended by this Act, applies only to a principal employed at a school that is rated academically unacceptable during the 2008-2009 school year.
SECTION 3. Provides that it is the intent of the legislature that the passage of H.B. No. 3, Acts of the 81st Legislature, Regular Session, 2009, with any amendments to Section 11.203(d), Education Code, and the amendments made by this Act are required to be harmonized, if possible, as provided by Section 311.025(b) (relating to amendments to the same statute being enacted at the same session of the legislature), Government Code, so that effect may be given to each. Provides that if amendments made to Section 11.203(d), Education Code, by H.B. No. 3, Acts of the 81st Legislature, Regular Session, 2009, and the amendments to Section 11.203(d), Education Code, made by this Act are irreconcilable, it is the intent of the legislature that H.B. No. 3, Acts of the 81st Legislature, Regular Session, 2009, prevail, regardless of the relative dates of enactment of this Act and H.B. No. 3, Acts of the 81st Legislature, Regular Session, 2009, but only to the extent that any differences are irreconcilable.
SECTION 4. Effective date: upon passage or September 1, 2009.