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Senate adopts committee substitute for teacher job‑satisfaction commission after debate over diversity language
Summary
A committee substitute for House Bill 22 43 would create a 13‑member commission to study teacher job satisfaction and retention; the substitute removed a requirement that membership reflect ethnic diversity and replaced it with language requiring geographic diversity. The substitute was adopted on a roll call and the bill was left pending.
Sen. Creighton explained a committee substitute to House Bill 22 43 that would create a Texas Commission on Teacher Job Satisfaction and Retention to review the education code and recommend ways to reduce overlapping mandates and outdated regulations affecting educators.
The committee substitute removed a phrase referencing ethnic diversity and replaced it with language calling for membership that is “reflective…
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