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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the requirements for issuance of a supplemental |
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bilingual education teaching certificate. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 21, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 21.04892 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 21.04892. REQUIREMENTS FOR BILINGUAL EDUCATION |
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SUPPLEMENTAL CERTIFICATION. (a) The board shall propose rules to |
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ensure that in issuing the teaching certificates appropriate for |
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bilingual education instruction in accordance with Section |
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29.061(a), the board issues bifurcated supplemental certificates |
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in bilingual education instruction that, combined with a teacher's |
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primary certificate, certify the teacher to provide bilingual |
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education instruction to students in sixth grade and below or |
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students in 7th through 12th grade, as applicable. The bifurcated |
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supplemental certificates must be tailored to providing bilingual |
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education instruction in the applicable grades to which the |
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teacher's primary certificate applies. |
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(b) The rules proposed by the board shall allow a person |
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seeking certification described by Subsection (a) who fails to |
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perform satisfactorily on the required Bilingual Target Language |
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Proficiency Test to: |
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(1) retake only the sections of the test that include |
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the domains on which the person failed to perform satisfactorily; |
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and |
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(2) during a retake of the test described by |
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Subdivision (1), demonstrate the person's language proficiency |
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through the completion of fewer components, including eliminating a |
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component that requires the preparation of a lesson plan for a |
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person who fails to perform satisfactorily on a domain requiring |
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completion of that component. |
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SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date |
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of this Act, the State Board for Educator Certification shall |
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propose rules prescribing the requirements for a supplemental |
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educator certification in bilingual education instruction as |
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provided by Section 21.04892, Education Code, as added by this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |