1-1     By:  Zaffirini, Barrientos, Truan                      S.B. No. 467
 1-2           (In the Senate - Filed January 30, 2001; January 31, 2001,
 1-3     read first time and referred to Committee on Education;
 1-4     March 1, 2001, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
 1-5     Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 9, Nays 0; March 1, 2001,
 1-6     sent to printer.)
 1-7     COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 467                By:  Zaffirini
 1-8                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-9                                   AN ACT
1-10     relating to dual language immersion programs in certain public
1-11     schools.
1-12           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-13           SECTION 1.  Section 28.005, Education Code, is amended by
1-14     amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c) to read as
1-15     follows:
1-16           (a)  Except as provided by this section, English shall be the
1-17     basic language of instruction in public schools.
1-18           (c)  A school district may adopt a dual language immersion
1-19     program for students enrolled in elementary school grades.  An
1-20     immersion program should include:
1-21                 (1)  a class of students composed of approximately 50
1-22     percent native English speakers and 50 percent native speakers of
1-23     one other language; and
1-24                 (2)  instruction in both English and the other
1-25     language, with at least half of the instruction in the other
1-26     language.
1-27           SECTION 2.  This Act applies beginning with the 2001-2002
1-28     school year.
1-29           SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-30     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-31     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
1-32     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-33     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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