86R13031 JES-D
 
  By: Allen H.B. No. 3132
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to staff development requirements for public school
  teachers who provide reading instruction to students in
  kindergarten through grade three.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 21.451, Education Code, is amended by
  adding Subsection (i) to read as follows:
         (i)  The staff development for a classroom teacher who
  provides reading instruction to students at the kindergarten or
  first, second, or third grade level must include training in:
               (1)  effective and systematic instructional practices
  in reading, including phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency,
  vocabulary, and comprehension; and
               (2)  the use of empirically validated instructional
  methods that are appropriate for assisting struggling readers.
         SECTION 2.  This Act applies beginning with the 2019-2020
  school year.
         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, 2019.