H.B. No. 2318

	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:
	(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.
	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 2318 was passed by the House on May 2,
	2013, by the following vote:  Yeas 147, Nays 0, 2 present, not
	voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
	No. 2318 on May 23, 2013, by the following vote:  Yeas 145, Nays 0,
	2 present, not voting.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 2318 was passed by the Senate, with
	amendments, on May 20, 2013, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays
	0.
	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	APPROVED: __________________
	Date
	__________________
	Governor