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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to certain performance-based incentives and teacher |
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education and development initiatives administered by the Texas |
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Higher Education Coordinating Board. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 62, Education Code, is amended by adding |
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Subchapter I to read as follows: |
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SUBCHAPTER I. PERFORMANCE-BASED INCENTIVES AND TEACHER |
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EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES |
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Sec. 62.181. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "institution |
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of higher education" has the meaning assigned by Section 61.003. |
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Sec. 62.182. FUNDING. The legislature may appropriate |
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funding for programs established under this subchapter from any |
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available source. |
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Sec. 62.183. PERFORMANCE-BASED INCENTIVES. (a) From |
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funds appropriated for the purpose, the coordinating board shall |
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provide performance-based incentives to institutions of higher |
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education based on the achievement of progress toward the goals |
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established under the state's master plan for higher education |
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developed under Section 61.051. The coordinating board shall |
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include adult education, including vocational education, provided |
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by the Windham School District in the incentive measures developed |
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under this section. |
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(b) The coordinating board shall determine eligibility |
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criteria for and the amount of a performance-based incentive |
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provided under this section. |
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Sec. 62.184. TEACHER EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT |
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INITIATIVES. (a) The coordinating board shall provide grants or |
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other funding to support teacher education and development |
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initiatives. |
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(b) The initiatives may include: |
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(1) development of or support for high quality |
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professional development for teachers to increase teacher quality |
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and student outcomes; |
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(2) student loan forgiveness programs for |
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high-performing students who graduate from an institution of higher |
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education and who commit to teaching in the public schools in this |
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state for at least eight years immediately following graduation; |
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(3) the development of a teaching associate degree |
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program at institutions of higher education that incorporates a |
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two-year intensive teaching mentorship under a high-performing |
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teacher and that leads to a teacher certification under Subchapter |
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B, Chapter 21; or |
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(4) a competitive grant program for high-performing |
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teachers at public schools in this state to support grant |
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recipients' proposals for innovative or promising projects to |
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improve teacher quality or effectiveness, including projects to |
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improve or develop best instructional practices, dual language |
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instruction, professional development curricula for career and |
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technical education teachers, and conferences or other measures to |
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promote best pedagogical practices. |
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(c) The coordinating board shall determine eligibility |
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criteria for and the amount of funding provided for each initiative |
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under this section. |
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Sec. 62.185. RULES. The coordinating board shall adopt |
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rules for the administration of this subchapter. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect January 1, 2020. |