Bill > HB1

This bill makes a number of changes related to primary and secondary education in Texas, including: - Increasing the minimum salary for certain public school employees like teachers, librarians, counselors, and nurses, with the minimum salary varying based on the employee's experience and certifications. - Establishing a program to collect data on teacher recruitment and retention, and waiving certain certification exam fees. - Allowing the State Board for Educator Certification to not impose sanctions against certain teachers who relinquish a position under certain circumstances. - Establishing a grant program to provide money and technical assistance to school districts to expand implementation of local optional teacher designation systems. - Creating a Texas Teacher Residency Partnership Program to enable educator preparation programs to form partnerships with school districts or charter schools. - Expanding prekindergarten eligibility to include children of certain public school employees. - Establishing a new special education funding system with service groups and a transition period. - Creating an education savings account program for eligible students to use for approved education expenses. - Requiring school districts to provide supplemental reading instruction for certain students and make tutoring available. - Enhancing data collection and reporting on early childhood education. - Allowing public schools to offer virtual and hybrid instruction and establish full-time virtual and hybrid campuses. - Making changes to the state's public school accountability system, including establishing a commission to develop recommendations for improvements. The bill aims to address teacher compensation, special education services, virtual and hybrid instruction, and public school accountability, among other areas.

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