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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to authorization for school districts to provide mentors |
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for teachers assigned to a new subject or grade level. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 21.458(a), Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) Each school district may assign a mentor teacher to each |
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classroom teacher who has less than two years of teaching |
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experience in the subject or grade level to which the teacher is |
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assigned. A teacher assigned as a mentor must: |
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(1) teach in the same school; |
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(2) to the extent practicable, teach the same subject |
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or grade level, as applicable; 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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SECTION 2. 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. |