By: Aycock (Senate Sponsor - Seliger) H.B. No. 2318
         (In the Senate - Received from the House May 6, 2013;
  May 7, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on
  Education; May 15, 2013, reported adversely, with favorable
  Committee Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 9, Nays 0;
  May 15, 2013, sent to printer.)
 
  COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 2318 By:  Seliger
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to public school educator preparation and alternative
  certification programs.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 21, Education Code, is
  amended by adding Section 21.0453 to read as follows:
         Sec. 21.0453.  INFORMATION FOR CANDIDATES FOR TEACHER
  CERTIFICATION. (a) The board shall require an educator
  preparation program to provide candidates for teacher
  certification with information concerning the following:
               (1)  skills and responsibilities required of teachers;
               (2)  expectations for student performance based on
  state standards;
               (3)  the current supply of and demand for teachers in
  this state;
               (4)  the importance of developing classroom management
  skills; and
               (5)  the state's framework for appraisal of teachers
  and principals.
         (b)  The board may propose rules as necessary for
  administration of this section, including rules to ensure that
  accurate and consistent information is provided by all educator
  preparation programs.
         SECTION 2.  Section 21.048(a), Education Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         Sec. 21.048.  CERTIFICATION EXAMINATIONS. (a) The board
  shall propose rules prescribing comprehensive examinations for
  each class of certificate issued by the board. The commissioner
  shall determine the satisfactory level of performance required for
  each certification examination. For the issuance of a generalist
  certificate, the commissioner shall require a satisfactory level of
  examination performance in each core subject covered by the
  examination.
         SECTION 3.  Subchapter B, Chapter 21, Education Code, is
  amended by adding Section 21.061 to read as follows:
         Sec. 21.061.  REVIEW AND UPDATING OF EDUCATOR PREPARATION
  PROGRAMS. The board shall, after consulting with appropriate
  higher education faculty and public school teachers and
  administrators and soliciting advice from other interested persons
  with relevant knowledge and experience, develop and carry out a
  process for reviewing and, as necessary, updating standards and
  requirements for educator preparation programs.
         SECTION 4.  The State Board for Educator Certification shall
  complete an initial review of and implement any updated standards
  and requirements for educator preparation and alternative
  certification programs as required by Section 21.061, Education
  Code, as added by this Act, not later than September 1, 2014.
         SECTION 5.  Not later than January 1, 2014, the commissioner
  of education shall determine performance levels for certification
  examinations as provided by Section 21.048(a), Education Code, as
  amended by this Act. 
         SECTION 6.  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, 2013.
 
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