bill repealing the required teacher literacy academy

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89R3155 KJE-F

By: Shaheen
H.B. No. 1148

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to repealing the requirement for certain public school

teachers and principals to attend a teacher literacy achievement

academy.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 28.0062(a), Education Code, is amended

to read as follows:

(a) Each school district and open-enrollment charter school

shall:

(1) provide for the use of a phonics curriculum that

uses systematic direct instruction in kindergarten through third

grade to ensure all students obtain necessary early literacy

skills; and

(2) [ ensure that:

[ (A) not later than the 2022-2023 school year,

each classroom teacher in kindergarten or first, second, or third

grade and each principal at a campus with kindergarten or first,

second, or third grade has attended a teacher literacy achievement

academy developed under Section 21.4552; and

[ (B) each classroom teacher and each principal

initially employed in a grade level or at a campus described by

Paragraph (A) for the 2022-2023 school year or a subsequent school

year has attended a teacher literacy achievement academy developed

under Section 21.4552 by the end of the teacher's or principal's

first year of placement in that grade level or campus; and

[ (3) ] certify to the agency that the district or

school:

(A) prioritizes placement of highly effective

teachers in kindergarten through second grade; and

(B) has integrated reading instruments used to

diagnose reading development and comprehension to support each

student in prekindergarten through third grade.

SECTION 2. 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, 2025.