By: Dutton	H.B. No. 4188

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the rights, certification, and compensation of public
	school educators, including financial and other assistance
	provided to public schools by the Texas Education Agency related to
	public school educators and to certain allotments under the
	Foundation School Program.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 19.009(d-2), Education Code, is amended
	to read as follows:
	(d-2)  Beginning with the 2009-2010 school year, the
	district shall increase the [monthly] salary of each classroom
	teacher, full-time speech pathologist, full-time librarian,
	full-time school counselor certified under Subchapter B, Chapter
	21, and full-time school nurse employed by the district by the
	greater of:
	(1)  $80 per month; or
	(2)  the maximum uniform amount per month that, when
	combined with any resulting increases in the amount of
	contributions made by the district for social security coverage for
	the specified employees or by the district on behalf of the
	specified employees under Section 825.405, Government Code, may be
	provided using an amount equal to the product of $60 multiplied by
	the number of students in weighted average daily attendance in the
	district during the 2009-2010 school year.
	SECTION 2.  Section 21.044, Education Code, is amended by
	adding Subsection (h) to read as follows:
	(h)  In this subsection, "three-cueing" means a method of
	reading instruction for identification of words by which a student
	is encouraged to draw on context and sentence structure to identify
	a word without sounding the word out or using a phonics-based
	approach.  An educator preparation program, including an educator
	preparation program offered by an institution of higher education,
	as defined by Section 61.003:
	(1)  may not include instruction that incorporates the
	reading instruction method of three-cueing; and
	(2)  must include instruction on the science of
	teaching reading.
	SECTION 3.  Section 21.105, Education Code, is amended by
	amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (g) to read as
	follows:
	(c)  Subject to Subsections (e), [and] (f), and (g), on
	written complaint by the employing district, the State Board for
	Educator Certification may impose sanctions against a teacher
	employed under a probationary contract who:
	(1)  resigns;
	(2)  fails without good cause to comply with Subsection
	(a) or (b); and
	(3)  fails to perform the contract.
	(g)  The State Board for Educator Certification may not
	impose a sanction under Subsection (c) against a teacher who
	relinquishes a position under a probationary contract and leaves
	the employment of the district after the 45th day before the first
	day of instruction for the upcoming school year in violation of
	Subsection (a) and without the consent of the board of trustees
	under Subsection (b), if the teacher's failure to comply with
	Subsection (a) was due to:
	(1)  the teacher, or a close family member of the
	teacher, developing a serious illness or experiencing a significant
	change in health condition;
	(2)  the teacher relocating because the teacher's
	spouse or a partner who resides with the teacher changes employers;
	(3)  the needs of the teacher's family changing
	significantly in a manner that requires the teacher to:
	(A)  relocate; or
	(B)  forgo employment during a period of required
	employment under the teacher's contract; or
	(4)  the teacher reasonably believing that the teacher
	received written permission from the school district to resign.
	SECTION 4.  Section 21.160, Education Code, is amended by
	amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (g) to read as
	follows:
	(c)  Subject to Subsections (e), [and] (f), and (g), on
	written complaint by the employing district, the State Board for
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