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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the establishment of a dual language immersion |
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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. DUAL LANGUAGE IMMERSION BILINGUAL EDUCATION |
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CERTIFICATION. (a) The board shall establish a dual language |
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immersion bilingual education teaching certificate to provide |
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instruction to high school students in bilingual education programs |
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using a dual language immersion/one-way or two-way program model. |
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(b) To be eligible for a certificate established under this |
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section, a person must: |
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(1) satisfactorily complete the coursework for that |
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certificate in an educator preparation program; |
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(2) perform satisfactorily on the Bilingual Target |
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Language Proficiency Test; and |
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(3) satisfy any other requirements prescribed by the |
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board designed to address specific linguistic and content |
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requirements for effective instruction in a dual language immersion |
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program. |
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(c) The board shall propose rules to allow a person seeking |
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certification under this section who fails to perform |
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satisfactorily on the Bilingual Target Language Proficiency Test |
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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 requirements for an educator |
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certification in dual language immersion bilingual education |
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teaching as provided by Section 21.04892, Education Code, as added |
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by this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |