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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to establishing teacher advisory councils to provide |
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public advice on issues that affect public education. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 8, Education Code, is amended by adding |
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Subchapter Z to read as follows: |
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SUBCHAPTER Z. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS |
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Sec. 8.901. TEACHER ADVISORY COUNCILS. (a) Each regional |
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education service center shall establish a voluntary teacher |
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advisory council as provided by this section. |
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(b) A teacher who is selected as a teacher of the year from a |
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regional education service center region under a program in which |
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the agency participates is entitled to serve as a member of the |
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teacher advisory council. |
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(c) The teacher advisory council may be consulted by the |
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agency, members of the legislature, school districts, public school |
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teachers, and other parties as appropriate to provide advice on |
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issues that affect public education, including the development and |
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implementation of policies, procedures, and programs that affect |
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public education. |
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(d) Each regional education service center shall make |
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teleconferencing and other technological resources available to |
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the teacher advisory council to accomplish the purposes of this |
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section. |
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(e) The commissioner may adopt rules to implement and |
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administer this section. |
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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, 2013. |