The board must publish educator preparation program information on its website and provide specified details about each program.
Sec. 21.0452. CONSUMER INFORMATION REGARDING EDUCATOR PREPARATION PROGRAMS. (a) To assist persons interested in obtaining teaching certification in selecting an educator preparation program and assist school districts in making staffing decisions, the board shall make information regarding educator programs in this state available to the public through the board's Internet website. (b) The board shall make available at least the following information regarding each educator preparation program: (1) the information specified in Sections 21.045(a) and (b); (2) in addition to any other appropriate information indicating the quality of persons admitted to the program, the average academic qualifications possessed by persons admitted to the program, including: (A) average overall grade point average and average grade point average in specific subject areas; and (B) average scores on the Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT), the American College Test (ACT), or the Graduate Record Examination (GRE), as applicable; (3) the degree to which persons who complete the program are successful in obtaining teaching positions; (4) the extent to which the program prepares teachers, including general education teachers and special education teachers, to effectively teach: (A) students with disabilities; and (B) emergent bilingual students, as defined by Section 29.052; (5) the activities offered by the program that are designed to prepare teachers to: (A) integrate technology effectively into curricula and instruction, including activities consistent with the principles of universal design for learning; and (B) use technology effectively to collect, manage, and analyze data to improve teaching and learning for the purpose of increasing student academic achievement; (6) for each semester, the average ratio of field supervisors to candidates completing student teaching, clinical teaching, or an internship in an educator preparation program; (7) the perseverance of beginning teachers in the profession, based on information reported through the Public Education Information Management System (PEIMS) providing the number of beginning teachers employed as classroom teachers for at least three years after certification in comparison to similar programs; (8) the results of exit surveys given to program participants on completion of the program that involve evaluation of the program's effectiveness in preparing participants to succeed in the classroom; (9) the results of surveys given to school principals that involve evaluation of the program's effectiveness in preparing participants to succeed in the classroom, based on experience with employed program participants; and (10) the results of teacher satisfaction surveys developed under Section 21.045 and given to program participants at the end of the first year of teaching. (c) For purposes of Subsection (b)(9), the board shall require an educator preparation program to distribute an exit survey that a program participant must complete before the participant is eligible to receive a certificate under this subchapter. (d) For purposes of Subsections (b)(9) and (10), the board shall develop surveys for distribution to program participants and school principals. (e) The board may develop procedures under which each educator preparation program receives a designation or ranking based on the information required to be made available under Subsection (b). If the board develops procedures under this subsection, the designation or ranking received by each program must be included in the information made available under this section. (f) In addition to other information required to be made available under this section, the board shall provide information identifying employment opportunities for teachers in the various regions of this state. The board shall specifically identify each region of this state in which a shortage of qualified teachers exists. (g) The board may require any person to provide information to the board for purposes of this section. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 723 (S.B. 174), Sec. 2, eff. June 19, 2009. Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 931 (H.B. 2205), Sec. 8, eff. September 1, 2015. Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 573 (S.B. 241), Sec. 1.01, eff. September 1, 2019. Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 597 (S.B. 668), Sec. 1.02, eff. June 10, 2019. Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 973 (S.B. 2066), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2021.