AB 575, sponsored by Assembly Speaker Toni Atkins and
Education Committee Chair Patrick O'Donnell, would have weakened the Stull Act, the state's law requiring teacher evaluations that are critical to ensuring that every child has a quality teacher.
Not exact matches
State Senators Patty Ritchie, Thomas O'Mara, and
Patrick Gallivan were identified by the Senate, in correspondence to the State Comptroller's office, as the
chairs of the Health, Transportation, and
Education Committees, respectively, even though all three were actually vice
chairs.
Sen.
Patrick Gallivan of Elma received $ 18,000 as vice chairman of the
Education Committee, $ 5,500 more than he would have been be paid for
chairing the Crime Victims, Crime, and Correction
Committee.
CTA's political action
committees gave about $ 250,000 to the
chair of the Assembly
Education Committee,
Patrick O'Donnell, D - Long Beach, in his 2014 reelection bid.
Assemblyman
Patrick O'Donnell, D - Long Beach and
chair of the
education committee, said he thought AB 2067 was a good bill, and that especially in larger schools, having a school resource officer is vital to ensuring a safe school environment.
The CTA and some key Democrats, including
Patrick O'Donnell, D - Long Beach, who
chairs the Assembly
Education Committee, also argued that districts could make four or five years standard for probation to save money through lower salaries for probationary teachers.
Meanwhile, state Assemblyman
Patrick Diegnan Jr. (D - Middlesex) is proceeding with a hearing on a separate bill on Thursday before the Assembly
education committee, which he
chairs.
Patrick O'Donnell,
chair of the Assembly
Committee on
Education, said that while he supported the idea of community colleges delivering undergraduate CSU curriculum in education, he was hesitant to endorse community colleges having their own teaching credential
Education, said that while he supported the idea of community colleges delivering undergraduate CSU curriculum in
education, he was hesitant to endorse community colleges having their own teaching credential
education, he was hesitant to endorse community colleges having their own teaching credential programs.
But yesterday, Singleton called his proposal a compromise that came out of consultations with other Assembly members, including state Assemblyman
Patrick Diegnan (D - Middlesex), the
chair of the Assembly
education committee.
Patrick, who
chairs the Senate
Education Committee, says the plan could help as many as 10,000 students transfer.
Patrick O'Donnell, a first - year Democratic legislator from Long Beach who's been a teacher for 20 years, has been appointed to
chair the Assembly
Education Committee.
Abbott's opinion was prompted by a request for an opinion filed by Senator Dan
Patrick (R - Houston),
chair of the Texas Senate
Committee on
Education.