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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the award of grants by the Texas Higher Education |
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Coordinating Board for innovative principal preparation programs. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 61, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 61.0767 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 61.0767. PRINCIPAL PREPARATION GRANT PROGRAM. (a) |
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The board shall establish and administer the principal preparation |
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grant program to provide grants to schools of education at |
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institutions of higher education and non-degree granting |
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organizations to provide funding to develop, support, or expand and |
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administer innovative principal preparation programs. |
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(b) In awarding grants under this section, the board shall |
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give priority to programs that demonstrate: |
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(1) a defined competency framework, including the set |
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of skills, knowledge, and disposition required of a principal to |
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drive high levels of student achievement for all children; |
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(2) a strategic, proactive, and targeted recruitment |
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and admission strategy that reflects the competency framework |
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described in Subdivision (1); |
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(3) highly selective, clear criteria and rigorous |
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processes to evaluate a principal preparation program applicant's |
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disposition, skills, and knowledge; |
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(4) experiential training and development; |
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(5) ongoing support for principals who graduate from |
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the program to help the principal transition and grow on the job; |
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(6) a commitment to continuous improvement and use of |
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data to assess the effectiveness of the program and principals who |
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complete the program; and |
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(7) any additional reasonable criteria prescribed by |
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board rule. |
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(c) A grant provided under this section must be used for: |
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(1) financial aid for participants in the principal |
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preparation program; |
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(2) rigorous assessment of principal preparation |
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program applicants through leadership simulation experiences rated |
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by trained assessors; |
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(3) the acquisition and use of technology by the |
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institution or organization to support measures of competency in |
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the field for principal preparation program participants; |
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(4) recruiting, hiring, and training educational |
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leaders to provide ongoing support to principal preparation program |
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participants on-site during a participant's residency; |
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(5) hiring experts to design and instruct in select |
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areas of the principal preparation program; and |
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(6) other permissible uses as determined by the board. |
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(d) The legislature may appropriate money for purposes of |
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this section. The board may solicit and accept gifts, grants, and |
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donations from any public or private source for purposes of this |
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section. |
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(e) The board shall adopt rules for the administration of |
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this section, including rules for governing applications for |
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grants, establishing procedures and criteria for evaluating |
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applications and awarding grants, and verifying that grant funds |
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awarded under this section are used appropriately. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |