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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to staff development requirements for public school |
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teachers who provide reading instruction to students in |
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kindergarten through grade three. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 21.451, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (i) to read as follows: |
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(i) The staff development for a classroom teacher who |
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provides reading instruction to students at the kindergarten or |
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first, second, or third grade level must include training in: |
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(1) effective and systematic instructional practices |
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in reading, including phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, |
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vocabulary, and comprehension; and |
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(2) the use of empirically validated instructional |
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methods that are appropriate for assisting struggling readers. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2019-2020 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |