85R11753 KKA-F
 
  By: Taylor of Galveston S.B. No. 1278
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to educator preparation programs.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 21.045, Education Code, is amended by
  amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as
  follows:
         (a)  The board shall propose rules necessary to establish
  standards to govern the continuing accountability of all educator
  preparation programs based on the following information that is
  disaggregated with respect to race, sex, and ethnicity:
               (1)  results of the certification examinations
  prescribed under Section 21.048(a), except as provided by
  Subsection (a-1);
               (2)  performance based on the appraisal system for
  beginning teachers adopted by the board;
               (3)  achievement, including improvement in
  achievement, of students taught by beginning teachers for the first
  three years following certification, to the extent practicable;
               (4)  compliance with board requirements regarding the
  frequency, duration, and quality of structural guidance and ongoing
  support provided by field supervisors to candidates completing
  student teaching, clinical teaching, or an internship, provided
  that the board:
                     (A)  must permit a program to comply with at least
  three of any field supervisor visit requirements through visits
  provided by video, the Internet, or another remote technological
  method; and
                     (B)  may not require more than five support visits
  by a field supervisor during the course of an internship; and
               (5)  results from a teacher satisfaction survey,
  developed by the board with stakeholder input, of new teachers
  performed at the end of the teacher's first year of teaching.
         (a-1)  Results on a content examination required for
  certification in a subject area are not included for purposes of
  Subsection (a)(1) if the subject area is determined by the agency,
  based on information maintained by the agency and subject to
  approval by the United States Department of Education, to be a
  teacher shortage area.
         SECTION 2.  Section 21.051(b), Education Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (b)  Before a school district may employ a candidate for
  certification as a teacher of record, the candidate must complete
  at least 15 hours of field-based experience, which may occur after
  the candidate's admission to an educator preparation program or
  during the two years preceding admission. The field-based
  experience may be satisfied by observing a teacher certified by
  this state [in which the candidate is] actively engaged in
  instructional or educational activities, or by serving as a
  substitute teacher or teacher's aide, [under supervision] at:
               (1)  a public school campus accredited or approved for
  the purpose by the agency; or
               (2)  a private school recognized or approved for the
  purpose by the agency.
         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, 2017.