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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the establishment by regional education service centers |
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of committees to evaluate teacher shortages. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 8, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 8.063 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 8.063. REGIONAL TEACHER SHORTAGES EVALUATION |
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COMMITTEE. (a) The executive director of each regional education |
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service center shall establish a committee to: |
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(1) evaluate teacher shortages in the committee's |
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region; and |
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(2) determine the need for the center, independently |
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or in collaboration with public schools in the committee's region, |
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to offer an educator preparation program to facilitate the |
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recruitment, preparation, and retention of teachers. |
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(b) If an educator preparation program has already been |
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established in a region served by a regional education service |
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center, the committee established for that region shall evaluate |
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the effectiveness of the educator preparation program and make |
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recommendations for improving the program. |
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(c) The committee is composed of nine members appointed by |
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the executive director of each regional education service center as |
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follows: |
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(1) three members who are superintendents employed by |
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a school district served by the center; |
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(2) three members who are teachers employed by a |
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public school served by the center; and |
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(3) three members who are parents of students enrolled |
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in a public school served by the center. |
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(d) Not later than November 1, 2024, each committee |
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established under Subsection (a) shall submit to the governor, the |
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lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, |
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the commissioner, the Senate Education Committee, and the House |
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Public Education Committee a report that includes the committee's |
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findings under this section. |
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(e) This section expires November 1, 2025. |
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SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date |
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of this Act, each executive director of a regional education |
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service center shall appoint the members of the center's regional |
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teacher shortage evaluation committee, as required by Section |
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8.063, Education Code, as added by this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |