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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to participation by certain educational aides in a school |
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district's mentoring program. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 21.458, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (a-1) and amending Subsection (c) to read as |
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follows: |
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(a-1) Each school district may assign a mentor to each |
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educational aide who has less than one year of classroom |
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experience. A person assigned as a mentor under this subsection is |
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not required to be a teacher and is not subject to the requirements |
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prescribed by Subsections (a) and (b) that apply to a mentor teacher |
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assigned to mentor a classroom teacher. |
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(c) From the funds appropriated to the agency for purposes |
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of this section, the commissioner shall adopt rules and provide |
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funding to school districts that assign mentors [mentor teachers] |
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under this section. Funding provided to districts under this |
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section may be used only for providing: |
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(1) mentor [teacher] stipends; |
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(2) scheduled time for mentors [mentor teachers] to |
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provide mentoring to assigned classroom teachers and educational |
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aides; and |
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(3) mentoring support through providers of mentor |
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training. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2009-2010 |
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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, 2009. |