H0805B1424A01222 MSP:JMT 05/05/15 #90 A01222
AMENDMENTS TO HOUSE BILL NO. 805
Sponsor: REPRESENTATIVE ROEBUCK
Printer's No. 1424
Amend Bill, page 1, line 10, by inserting after "suspension;"
in certification of teachers, further providing for continuing
professional development; providing for access to advanced
placement for all students;
Amend Bill, page 10, by inserting after line 30
Section 5. Section 1205.1(c.1)(3) of the act amended October
22, 2014 (P.L.2624, No.168), is amended to read:
Section 1205.1. Continuing Professional Development.--* * *
(c.1) The continuing professional education plan shall
specify the professional education needs that will be met by
completion of each continuing professional education option and
how it relates to areas of assignment and certification or
potential administrative certification. The options may include,
but shall not be limited to:
* * *
(3) Other programs, activities or learning experiences taken
for credit or hourly, to include:
(i) curriculum development and other program design and
delivery activities at the school entity or grade level as
determined by the school entity and approved by the board of
directors;
(ii) participation in professional conferences and
workshops;
(iii) education in the workplace, where the work relates to
the professional educator's area of assignment and is approved
by the board of directors;
(iv) review, redesign and restructuring of school programs,
organizations and functions as determined by the school entity
and approved by the board of directors;
(v) in-service programs that comply with guidelines
established by the department;
(vi) early childhood and child development activities for
professional educators whose area of assignment includes
kindergarten through third grade;
(vii) special education activities for professional
educators whose area of assignment includes students with
special needs;
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(viii) successful completion of department training for
service as a Distinguished Educator if the professional educator
participates in and completes at least one assignment in the
Distinguished Educators Program;
(ix) other continuing professional education courses,
programs, activities or learning experiences sponsored by the
department; [or]
(x) visits by educators to a manufacturing workplace for
orientation and demonstrations to give the professional educator
a greater understanding of job opportunities in manufacturing
for students[.]; or
(xi) access to the Advanced Placement Course for All
Students program.
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Section 6. The act is amended by adding an article to read:
ARTICLE XVII-D
ACCESS TO ADVANCED PLACEMENT COURSES
FOR ALL STUDENTS
Section 1701-D. Scope of article.
This article relates to access to advanced placement courses
for all students.
Section 1702-D. Definitions.
The following words and phrases when used in this article
shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Advanced placement course." A high school-level preparatory
course for a college advanced placement test that:
(1) incorporates all topics specified by the college
board on its standards syllabus for a given subject area; and
(2) is authorized by the college board.
"Department." The Department of Education of the
Commonwealth.
"Eligible teacher." A professional employee that is
certified in the subject area of the advanced placement course
that the teacher will be teaching.
"Four core academic areas." Advanced placement courses in
mathematics, English language arts, science and social science.
"Poverty level." The percentage of students in a school
district eligible for free or reduced price lunch.
"Program." The Advanced Placement Teacher Training Program.
"School entity." Any public school district, intermediate
unit, area vocational-technical school, charter school or cyber
charter school.
"Teacher training entities." Institutions of higher
education, intermediate units or organizations endorsed by the
college board to train teachers to teach advanced placement
courses.
"Virtual learning instruction." Providing academic courses
to students via the Internet and the use of technology in
providing instruction to students.
Section 1703-D. Advanced Placement Teacher Training Program.
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(a) Purpose.--The purpose of the Advanced Placement Teacher
Training Program is to provide access to advanced placement
courses in the four core academic areas for all students by
training teachers in advanced placement course instruction at
all high schools that do not presently provide advanced
placement courses in one or more of these disciplines. The
importance of providing access to advanced placement courses for
all students is evident in the fact that the Pennsylvania School
Performance Profiles established in 2012 include advanced
placement participation and performance of a high school as an
indicator of academic achievement that determines a high
school's academic performance score.
(b) Establishment.--Beginning in the 2016-2017 school year,
the Advanced Placement Teacher Training Program shall be
established in the department to train teachers in eligible
school entities to teach advanced placement courses in the four
core academic areas.
(c) Eligible school entities.--Eligible school entities are
those that do not have in each of their high schools at least
one advanced placement course in the four core academic areas or
will no longer have an advanced placement course in one of the
four core academic areas due to the retirement or loss of a
teacher who teaches an advanced placement course.
(1) A school entity that has an advanced placement
course in one or more of the four core academic areas but not
in all four core academic areas is only eligible to have a
teacher trained in those core academic areas in which the
school entity does not have an advanced placement course.
(2) No more than one teacher per core academic area in
each high school of an eligible school entity shall be
trained under this program.
(3) More than one eligible school entity may apply
jointly to the program to train a teacher in advanced
placement course instruction if that teacher is to provide
such instruction in more than one school entity either
through classroom instruction or through virtual learning
instruction.
(d) Application requirements for eligible school entities.--
The application by an eligible school entity seeking funding for
the program shall include the following:
(1) The subject areas that currently have advanced
placement courses in each of the school entity's high
schools.
(2) The subject areas among the four core academic areas
that the school entity does not have an advanced placement
course in each of the school entity's high schools.
(3) The names of the eligible teachers, including:
(i) the high schools where they are teaching;
(ii) the advanced placement academic subject area
that each of the teachers will be providing instruction;
and
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(iii) whether the instruction will be in a
classroom, through virtual learning instruction, or both.
(4) The names of the eligible teacher training entities
that shall be providing the training for teachers in advanced
placement instruction.
(5) Agreement to offer the advanced placement course for
high school students for at least three years.
(6) Guidelines the school entity will use in determining
which students may be eligible to enroll in an advanced
placement course. In developing the guidelines, a school
entity shall utilize data and information on the academic
performance of students, which may include the academic
performance of students on the Pre-Scholastic Aptitude Test
and the Scholastic Aptitude Test in consultation with the
college board, and shall eliminate barriers that restrict
access to advanced placement courses for student populations
that have been traditionally underserved and shall make every
effort to ensure that advanced placement classes reflect the
diversity of the student population. The school entity shall
not discriminate on any basis in enrollment of the students
that is illegal under Federal or State law.
(7) Any school entity offering advanced placement
courses to students must publish on the school's publicly
accessible Internet website the advanced placement courses
offered and notify parents of the availability and
guidelines.
(8) Agreement to annually report to the department for
each of the four core academic areas that were taught by
teachers whose training was funded by this program. The
agreement shall include the following information:
(i) the number of students taking advanced placement
courses;
(ii) the grade levels where advanced placement is
being taught;
(iii) the number of students who took advanced
placement examinations; and
(iv) the number of students scoring a three or
higher on advanced placement examinations.
(9) Agreement to annually report to the department for
each of the four core academic areas the following
information:
(i) the number of students taking advanced placement
courses;
(ii) the grade levels where advanced placement is
being taught;
(iii) the number of students who took advanced
placement examinations;
(iv) the number of students scoring a three or
higher on advanced placement examinations; and
(v) the number of teachers teaching advanced
placement courses.
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Section 1704-D. Powers and duties of department.
(a) Guidelines.--The department shall promulgate rules,
regulations and procedures necessary for the implementation of
this article, including the following:
(1) In consultation with the college board, certify
those teacher training entities that are endorsed by the
college board to provide training of teachers to teach
advanced placement courses in the four core academic areas.
(2) In certifying teacher training entities for this
program, the department shall ensure that the training times
and locations will be geographically accessible for teachers
from eligible school entities to attend.
(3) The department, in consultation with the college
board, shall ensure that training provided by teacher
training entities must provide teachers of advanced placement
courses with the necessary content knowledge and
instructional skills to prepare students for success in
advanced placement courses and examinations.
(4) Starting at the end of the first year of the program
and every year thereafter the department shall issue a report
to the General Assembly on the program that shall include:
(i) The number of teachers receiving training in
advanced placement instruction in school entities, school
districts and high schools in each of the four core
academic areas.
(ii) The number and percentage of high schools that
offer advanced placement courses in all four core
academic areas.
(iii) The number and percentage of high schools that
offer advanced placement courses in each of the four core
academic areas.
(iv) The number and percentage of students taking
advanced placement courses at school entities in each of
the four core academic areas.
(v) The number and percentage of students scoring a
three or more on an advanced placement examination at
school entities in each of the four core academic areas.
(vi) The names of school entities and high schools
that do not offer advanced placement courses.
(vii) The number of teachers trained outside the
four core academic areas teaching other advanced
placement courses.
(b) (Reserved).
Section 1705-D. Funding to teacher training entities.
To the extent funds are appropriated for this program, the
department shall allocate the funds based on per teacher
attendance to each certified teacher training entity that
provides training to a teacher to teach advanced placement
courses upon completion of the training program.
Section 1706-D. Program funding.
(a) Funding.--Funding for this program shall be made from
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annual appropriations made by the General Assembly to the
department for that purpose.
(b) Funding priorities.--In the event that insufficient
moneys are appropriated in any fiscal year to provide funding
for all eligible school entities applying to the program, the
department shall prioritize funding of eligible school entities
based on the poverty level of the school districts in which high
school students who will be taking the advanced placement
courses reside.
Amend Bill, page 11, line 1, by striking out "5" and
inserting
7
Amend Bill, page 11, line 4, by striking out all of said line
and inserting
(2) The following provisions shall take effect
immediately:
(i) The amendment or addition of section 1205.1
(c.1)(3) and Article XVII-D of the act.
(ii) This section.
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