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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to assigning mentor teachers to new teachers in certain |
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subject areas. |
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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 Subsections (a-1) and (e) to read as follows: |
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(a-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), each school district |
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shall assign a mentor teacher to each classroom teacher who has less |
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than one year of teaching experience and is teaching a mathematics |
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or science course at a high school grade level. A teacher assigned |
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as a mentor under this subsection must: |
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(1) teach in the same school; |
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(2) teach the same subject area; and |
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(3) meet the qualifications prescribed by |
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commissioner rules adopted under Subsection (b). |
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(e) Information obtained by a mentor regarding a new teacher |
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as a result of the mentoring relationship under this section is |
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confidential, except that the mentor may share the information with |
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school district personnel as otherwise required by state or federal |
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law. |
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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. |