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		By: Creighton, et al.
            S.B. No. 2
         
               A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
            
               AN ACT
            
            relating to a local optional teacher designation system implemented 
         
            by a school district, the basic allotment and guaranteed yield 
         
            under the public school finance system, and certain allotments 
         
            under the Foundation School Program; making an appropriation.
         
                   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         
                   SECTION 1.  Sections 21.3521(a), (c), and (e), Education 
         
            Code, are amended to read as follows:
         
                   (a)  Subject to Subsection (b), a school district or 
         
            open-enrollment charter school may designate a classroom teacher as 
         
            a master, exemplary, [or] recognized, or acknowledged teacher for a 
         
            five-year period based on the results from single year or multiyear 
         
            appraisals that comply with Section 21.351 or 21.352.
         
                   (c)  Notwithstanding performance standards established 
         
            under Subsection (b), a classroom teacher that holds a National 
         
            Board Certification issued by the National Board for Professional 
         
            Teaching Standards may be designated as nationally board certified
         
            [recognized].
         
                   (e)  The agency shall develop and provide technical 
         
            assistance for school districts and open-enrollment charter 
         
            schools that request assistance in implementing a local optional 
         
            teacher designation system, including:
         
                         (1)  providing assistance in prioritizing high needs 
         
            campuses;
         
                         (2)  providing examples or models of local optional 
         
            teacher designation systems to reduce the time required for a 
         
            district or school to implement a teacher designation system;
         
                         (3)  establishing partnerships between districts and 
         
            schools that request assistance and districts and schools that have 
         
            implemented a teacher designation system;
         
                         (4)  applying the performance and validity standards 
         
            established by the commissioner under Subsection (b);
         
                         (5)  providing centralized support for the analysis of 
         
            the results of assessment instruments administered to district 
         
            students; and
         
                         (6)  facilitating effective communication on and 
         
            promotion of local optional teacher designation systems.
         
                   SECTION 2.  Subchapter H, Chapter 21, Education Code, is 
         
            amended by adding Section 21.3522 to read as follows:
         
                   Sec. 21.3522.  LOCAL OPTIONAL TEACHER DESIGNATION SYSTEM 
         
            GRANT PROGRAM.  (a)  From funds appropriated or otherwise 
         
            available for the purpose, the agency shall establish and 
         
            administer a grant program to provide money and technical 
         
            assistance to:
         
                         (1)  expand implementation of local optional teacher 
         
            designation systems under Section 21.3521;
         
                         (2)  increase the number of classroom teachers eligible 
         
            for a designation under that section; and
         
                         (3)  increase the salaries paid to classroom teachers 
         
            employed by school districts or open-enrollment charter schools 
         
            that have established or are seeking to establish a designation 
         
            system under that section.
         
                   (b)  A grant awarded under this section must:
         
                         (1)  meet the needs of individual school districts; and
         
                         (2)  enable regional leadership capacity.
         
                   SECTION 3.  Section 48.051(a), Education Code, is amended to 
         
            read as follows:
         
                   (a)  For each student in average daily attendance, not 
         
            including the time students spend each day in special education 
         
            programs in an instructional arrangement other than mainstream or 
         
            career and technology education programs, for which an additional 
         
            allotment is made under Subchapter C, a district is entitled to an 
         
            allotment equal to [the lesser of $6,160 or] the amount that results 
         
            from the following formula:
         
            A = B [$6,160] X TR/MCR
         
            where:
         
                   "A" is the allotment to which a district is entitled;
         
                   "B" is the base amount, which equals the greatest of:
         
                         (1)  $6,235;
         
                         (2)  an amount equal to the district's base amount under 
         
            this section for the preceding school year; or
         
                         (3)  the amount appropriated under Subsection (b);
         
Statutes affected: 
Introduced: Education Code 21.3521, Education Code 48.051, Education Code 48.112, Education Code 48.115, Government Code 822.201 (Education Code 48, Education Code 21, Government Code 822)
Engrossed: Education Code 21.3521, Education Code 48.051, Education Code 48.112, Education Code 48.115, Government Code 822.201 (Education Code 48, Education Code 21, Government Code 822)


	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to a local optional teacher designation system implemented
	by a school district, the basic allotment and guaranteed yield
	under the public school finance system, and certain allotments
	under the Foundation School Program; making an appropriation.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Sections 21.3521(a), (c), and (e), Education
	Code, are amended to read as follows:
	(a) Subject to Subsection (b), a school district or
	open-enrollment charter school may designate a classroom teacher as
	a master, exemplary, [or] recognized, or acknowledged teacher for a
	five-year period based on the results from single year or multiyear
	appraisals that comply with Section 21.351 or 21.352.
	(c) Notwithstanding performance standards established
	under Subsection (b), a classroom teacher that holds a National
	Board Certification issued by the National Board for Professional
	Teaching Standards may be designated as nationally board certified
	[~~recognized~~].
	(e) The agency shall develop and provide technical
	assistance for school districts and open-enrollment charter
	schools that request assistance in implementing a local optional
	teacher designation system, including:
	(1) providing assistance in prioritizing high needs
	campuses;
	(2) providing examples or models of local optional
	teacher designation systems to reduce the time required for a
	district or school to implement a teacher designation system;
	(3) establishing partnerships between districts and
	schools that request assistance and districts and schools that have
	implemented a teacher designation system;
	(4) applying the performance and validity standards
	established by the commissioner under Subsection (b);
	(5) providing centralized support for the analysis of
	the results of assessment instruments administered to district
	students; and
	(6) facilitating effective communication on and
	promotion of local optional teacher designation systems.
	SECTION 2. Subchapter H, Chapter 21, Education Code, is
	amended by adding Section 21.3522 to read as follows:
	Sec. 21.3522. LOCAL OPTIONAL TEACHER DESIGNATION SYSTEM
	GRANT PROGRAM. (a) From funds appropriated or otherwise
	available for the purpose, the agency shall establish and
	administer a grant program to provide money and technical
	assistance to:
	(1) expand implementation of local optional teacher
	designation systems under Section 21.3521;
	(2) increase the number of classroom teachers eligible
	for a designation under that section; and
	(3) increase the salaries paid to classroom teachers
	employed by school districts or open-enrollment charter schools
	that have established or are seeking to establish a designation
	system under that section.
	(b) A grant awarded under this section must:
	(1) meet the needs of individual school districts; and
	(2) enable regional leadership capacity.
	SECTION 3. Section 48.051(a), Education Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	(a) For each student in average daily attendance, not
	including the time students spend each day in special education
	programs in an instructional arrangement other than mainstream or
	career and technology education programs, for which an additional
	allotment is made under Subchapter C, a district is entitled to an
	allotment equal to [~~the lesser of $6,160 or~~] the amount that results
	from the following formula:
	A = B [~~$6,160~~] X TR/MCR
	where:
	"A" is the allotment to which a district is entitled;
	"B" is the base amount, which equals the greatest of:
	(1) $6,235;
	(2) an amount equal to the district's base amount under
	this section for the preceding school year; or
	(3) the amount appropriated under Subsection (b);
	Statutes affected: Introduced: Education Code 21.3521, Education Code 48.051, Education Code 48.112, Education Code 48.115, Government Code 822.201 (Education Code 48, Education Code 21, Government Code 822) Engrossed: Education Code 21.3521, Education Code 48.051, Education Code 48.112, Education Code 48.115, Government Code 822.201 (Education Code 48, Education Code 21, Government Code 822)