HB4249 - Relating to the establishment of a grant program to provide training to public school educators and administrators related to teaching historically underserved students.

  89R15449 AMF-D     By: Reynolds H.B. No. 4249       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the establishment of a grant program to provide   training to public school educators and administrators related to   teaching historically underserved students.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter Z, Chapter 22, Education Code, is   amended by adding Section 22.905 to read as follows:           Sec.   22.905.     GRANT PROGRAM FOR TRAINING RELATED TO TEACHING   HISTORICALLY UNDERSERVED STUDENTS. (a) The commissioner shall   establish and administer a program to award grants to school   districts and open-enrollment charter schools to provide training   to educators and administrators related to best practices for   teaching historically underserved students.           (b)     A school district or open-enrollment charter school may   use funds awarded under the grant program only to provide training   to educators and administrators related to best practices for   teaching historically underserved students.           (c)     The commissioner shall adopt rules necessary to   implement this section, including rules that establish:                 (1)  eligibility criteria for grant applicants;                 (2)  grant application procedures; and                 (3)  guidelines relating to grant amounts.          SECTION 2.  This Act applies beginning with the 2025-2026   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.  If this   Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this   Act takes effect September 1, 2025.