§420. Required teacher training database; required student instruction list; reports
A. The state Department of Education shall create and maintain a database of
training that professional teachers are required by law to complete. The department shall
provide for teachers to have access to the database through its website or by other means.
The database shall include the following information with respect to each required topic or
course of such training:
(1)The legal provision establishing the requirement.
(2)The topic or subject matter of the course and a brief description of its contents.
(3)Available resources for completion of the training, including links to such
resources or materials if applicable.
(4)The frequency that a teacher must repeat or update their training on the top
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§420. Required teacher training database; required student instruction list; reports
A. The state Department of Education shall create and maintain a database of
training that professional teachers are required by law to complete. The department shall
provide for teachers to have access to the database through its website or by other means.
The database shall include the following information with respect to each required topic or
course of such training:
(1) The legal provision establishing the requirement.
(2) The topic or subject matter of the course and a brief description of its contents.
(3) Available resources for completion of the training, including links to such
resources or materials if applicable.
(4) The frequency that a teacher must repeat or update their training on the topic.
(5) The approximate time, in hours, that completion of the training requires.
B. Every five years the department shall prepare and submit a report to the House
Committee on Education and the Senate Committee on Education on the training that
professional teachers are required by law to complete. The report shall include the
following:
(1) A complete list of all required training including a description of each course and
legal citations for the requirement.
(2) The approximate time, in hours, that completion of each training course requires
and an estimate of the total amount of time that a teacher will invest in all such training in
a typical year.
(3) With respect to the total time reported pursuant to Paragraph (2) of this
Subsection, an estimate of the percentage of that time for which the teacher is not
compensated.
(4) A list of specific recommendations for changes to the legal requirements
regarding such training, including specific recommendations regarding training requirements
that should be repealed, modified, or added.
C. The state Department of Education shall maintain a list of each student instruction
requirement that is provided by law and that is not provided for in the state content standards
adopted by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education or the Carnegie units
established by the state Department of Education in accordance with state board policy. The
list shall include the following information with respect to each required element of
instruction:
(1) The provision of law establishing the requirement.
(2) The topic or subject matter of the instruction.
(3) Available resources for planning and delivering the instruction, including links
to such resources or materials, if applicable.
(4) The course or subject area in which teachers are required to provide the
instruction.
(5) The grade levels or other characteristics of students who are required to receive
the instruction.
(6) The amount of time required to provide the instruction each school year.
D. Every five years the department shall prepare and submit a report to the House
Committee on Education and the Senate Committee on Education on this instruction. The
report shall include the following:
(1) A complete list of all required instruction, including a description of each
instruction and legal citations for the requirements.
(2) The approximate time, in hours, that providing each instruction requires per
school year.
(3) A list of specific recommendations for changes to the law regarding such
instruction, including specific recommendations regarding instructional requirements that
should be repealed, modified, or added.