TITLE: Relating to the hiring of retired classroom teachers or retired education professionals to serve as mentor teachers.

SUMMARY: Relating to the hiring of retired classroom teachers or retired education professionals to serve as mentor teachers.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the hiring of retired classroom teachers or retired education professionals to serve as mentor teachers. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 21.458, Education Code, is amended by adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: (a-1) A school district may contract with a retired classroom teacher or a retired education professional to provide mentoring to teachers in the district under this section. A mentor teacher hired under this subsection must: (1) comply with Subsections(b)(1) and (2); and (2) meet the qualifications required under Subsection (b)(3). SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2019-2020 school year. SECTION 3. 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.