Honorable Jimmie Don Aycock, Chair, House Committee on Public Education
FROM:
Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:
HB2205 by Crownover (relating to educator preparation programs and appointment to the State Board for Educator Certification, including the appointment of a nonvoting member with experience and knowledge of alternative educator preparation programs.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would amend the Education Code relating to educator preparation programs and appointments to the State Board for Educator Certification (SBEC).
The bill would require the governor to appoint at least one SBEC member with experience and knowledge of alternative educator preparation programs.
The bill would require rules for sanctioning educator preparation programs to include SBEC procedures for changing the accreditation status of an educator preparation program that did not meet the accreditation standards established under the educator preparation program accountability system or that violated an SBEC or Texas Education Agency (TEA) regulation.
The bill would require SBEC to include the ratio of field supervisors to candidates completing student teaching, clinical teaching, or internships; and the percentage of teachers employed under a standard teaching certificate within a year of completing the program in the information provided about educator preparation programs.
This bill would take effect September 1, 2015.
Based on the analysis of the Texas Education Agency, Higher Education Coordinating Board, and university systems, duties and responsibilities associated with implementing the provisions of the bill could be accomplished by utilizing existing resources.
Local Government Impact
No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
Source Agencies:
701 Central Education Agency, 710 Texas A&M University System Administrative and General Offices, 720 The University of Texas System Administration, 758 Texas State University System, 768 Texas Tech University System Administration, 769 University of North Texas System Administration, 783 University of Houston System Administration