81R23150 CAE-F
 
  By: Allen H.B. No. 4435
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the requirement for participation by certain principals
  in the school leadership pilot program for principals.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 11.203(d), Education Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (d)  A principal who was employed as a principal at a campus
  that was [of a campus] rated academically unacceptable during the
  preceding school year [, as well as any person employed to replace
  that principal,] shall participate in the program and complete the
  program requirements not later than a date determined by the
  commissioner.
         SECTION 2.  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.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2009.