By: Uresti S.B. No. 1785

(In the Senate - Filed March 9, 2017; March 23, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on Education; May 3, 2017, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 3; May 3, 2017, sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to appraisal of public school teachers.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 21.351, Education Code, is amended by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:

(e) Under the recommended appraisal process, a student evaluation may not be used as a criterion on which to appraise the performance of a teacher.

SECTION 2. Section 21.352, Education Code, is amended by adding Subsection (g) to read as follows:

(g) Under the appraisal process developed under this section, a student evaluation may not be used as a criterion on which to appraise the performance of a teacher.

SECTION 3. This Act applies beginning with the 2017-2018 school year.

SECTION 4. 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.

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