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SECTION 1. Section 21.033,
Education Code, is amended by adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:
(a-1) One voting member of the board appointed by the governor
must have experience and knowledge regarding alternative educator
preparation programs.
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SECTION 1. Section
21.033(a), Education Code, is amended to read as follows:
(a)
The State Board for Educator Certification is composed of 15 [14]
members. The commissioner of education shall appoint an employee of the
agency to represent the commissioner as a nonvoting member. The
commissioner of higher education shall appoint an employee of the Texas
Higher Education Coordinating Board to represent the commissioner as a
nonvoting member. The governor shall appoint two nonvoting members.
The governor shall appoint a dean of a college of education in this
state as one of the [a] nonvoting members [member].
The governor shall appoint a person who has experience working for
and knowledge of an alternative educator preparation program and who is not
affiliated with an institution of higher education as one of the nonvoting
members. The remaining 11
members are appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the
senate, as follows:
(1)
four members must be teachers employed in public schools;
(2)
two members must be public school administrators;
(3)
one member must be a public school counselor; and
(4)
four members must be citizens, three of whom are not and have not, in the
five years preceding appointment, been employed by a public school district
or by an educator preparation program in an institution of higher education
and one of whom is not and has not been employed by a public school
district or by an educator preparation program in an institution of higher
education.
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SECTION 3. Sections
21.0452(b), (c), and (d), Education Code, are amended to read as follows:
(b) The board shall make
available at least the following information regarding each educator
preparation program:
(1) the information
specified in Sections 21.045(a) and (b);
(2) in addition to any other
appropriate information indicating the quality of persons admitted to the
program, the average academic qualifications possessed by persons admitted
to the program, including:
(A) average overall grade
point average and average grade point average in specific subject areas;
and
(B) average scores on the
Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT), the American College Test (ACT), or the
Graduate Record Examination (GRE), as applicable;
(3) the degree to which
persons who complete the program are successful in obtaining teaching
positions;
(4) the extent to which the
program prepares teachers, including general education teachers and special
education teachers, to effectively teach:
(A) students with
disabilities; and
(B) students of limited
English proficiency, as defined by Section 29.052;
(5) the activities offered
by the program that are designed to prepare teachers to:
(A) integrate technology
effectively into curricula and instruction, including activities consistent
with the principles of universal design for learning; and
(B) use technology
effectively to collect, manage, and analyze data to improve teaching and
learning for the purpose of increasing student academic achievement;
(6) the ratio of field supervisors to
candidates completing student teaching, clinical teaching, or an internship
in an educator preparation program;
(7) the percentage of
teachers employed under a standard teaching certificate within one year of
completing the program;
(8) the perseverance
of beginning teachers in the profession, as determined on the basis of the
number of beginning teachers who maintain status as active contributing
members in the Teacher Retirement System of Texas for at least three years
after certification in comparison to similar programs;
(9) [(7)] the
results of exit surveys given to program participants on completion of the
program that involve evaluation of the program's effectiveness in preparing
participants to succeed in the classroom; and
(10) [(8)] the
results of surveys given to school principals that involve evaluation of
the program's effectiveness in preparing participants to succeed in the
classroom, based on experience with employed program participants.
(c) For purposes of
Subsection (b)(9) [(b)(7)], the board shall require an
educator preparation program to distribute an exit survey that a program
participant must complete before the participant is eligible to receive a
certificate under this subchapter.
(d) For purposes of
Subsections (b)(9) [(b)(7)] and (10) [(8)], the
board shall develop surveys for distribution to program participants and
school principals.
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SECTION 3. Sections
21.0452(b), (c), and (d), Education Code, are amended to read as follows:
(b) The board shall make
available at least the following information regarding each educator
preparation program:
(1) the information
specified in Sections 21.045(a) and (b);
(2) in addition to any other
appropriate information indicating the quality of persons admitted to the
program, the average academic qualifications possessed by persons admitted
to the program, including:
(A) average overall grade
point average and average grade point average in specific subject areas;
and
(B) average scores on the
Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT), the American College Test (ACT), or the
Graduate Record Examination (GRE), as applicable;
(3) the degree to which
persons who complete the program are successful in obtaining teaching positions;
(4) the extent to which the
program prepares teachers, including general education teachers and special
education teachers, to effectively teach:
(A) students with
disabilities; and
(B) students of limited
English proficiency, as defined by Section 29.052;
(5) the activities offered
by the program that are designed to prepare teachers to:
(A) integrate technology
effectively into curricula and instruction, including activities consistent
with the principles of universal design for learning; and
(B) use technology
effectively to collect, manage, and analyze data to improve teaching and
learning for the purpose of increasing student academic achievement;
(6) for each semester, the average ratio of
field supervisors to candidates completing student teaching, clinical
teaching, or an internship in an educator preparation program;
(7) the percentage of
teachers employed under a standard teaching certificate within one year of
completing the program;
(8) the perseverance
of beginning teachers in the profession, as determined on the basis of the
number of beginning teachers who maintain status as active contributing
members in the Teacher Retirement System of Texas for at least three years
after certification in comparison to similar programs;
(9) [(7)] the
results of exit surveys given to program participants on completion of the
program that involve evaluation of the program's effectiveness in preparing
participants to succeed in the classroom; and
(10) [(8)] the
results of surveys given to school principals that involve evaluation of
the program's effectiveness in preparing participants to succeed in the
classroom, based on experience with employed program participants.
(c) For purposes of
Subsection (b)(9) [(b)(7)], the board shall require an educator
preparation program to distribute an exit survey that a program participant
must complete before the participant is eligible to receive a certificate
under this subchapter.
(d) For purposes of
Subsections (b)(9) [(b)(7)] and (10) [(8)], the
board shall develop surveys for distribution to program participants and
school principals.
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SECTION 5. Section 21.033(a-1), Education Code, as added by this
Act, regarding the qualifications of one voting member of the State Board
for Educator Certification, does not affect the entitlement of a member
serving on the board immediately before the effective date of this Act to
continue to serve as a member of the board for the remainder of the
member's term. After a term of a voting member expires on February 1,
2017, the governor shall appoint a member who meets the requirements under
Section 21.033(a-1), Education Code, as added by this Act.
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SECTION 4. As soon as practicable after the effective date
of this Act, the governor shall appoint as a nonvoting member of the State
Board for Educator Certification a person who has experience working for
and knowledge of an alternative educator preparation program and who is not
affiliated with an institution of higher education, as required by Section
21.033(a), Education Code, as amended by this Act.
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