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79R5025 SLO-D

By:  Chavez                                                       H.B. No. 1660



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to a cross-border language training program for language 
teachers. 
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter I, Chapter 21, Education Code, is 
amended by adding Section 21.417 to read as follows:
	Sec. 21.417.  CROSS-BORDER LANGUAGE TRAINING PROGRAM FOR 
LANGUAGE TEACHERS.  (a)  The commissioner shall establish a 
cross-border language training program to enable:
		(1)  teachers from Mexico to travel to this state to 
instruct teachers in this state in methods for improving Spanish 
language instruction; and
		(2)  teachers from this state who teach in school 
districts that are located in counties that border Mexico to travel 
to Mexico to teach English language skills to teachers in Mexico 
while improving their Spanish language skills.
	(b)  The commissioner shall solicit and may accept gifts and 
grants for purposes of the cross-border language training program 
under this section.
	(c)  The commissioner may adopt rules prescribing:                      
		(1)  eligibility requirements for teacher 
participation in the cross-border language training program under 
this section; and
		(2)  the amount of assistance to be provided to a 
teacher participating in the program.
	SECTION 2.  The commissioner of education shall establish 
the cross-border language training program required by Section 
21.417, Education Code, as added by this Act, not later than April 
1, 2006.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.