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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 program at the University of |
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North Texas to provide financial incentives to certain students who |
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agree to teach bilingual education, English as a second language, |
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or Spanish in certain public schools. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 105, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 105.205 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 105.205. FINANCIAL INCENTIVE PROGRAM TO PREPARE |
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TEACHERS IN BILINGUAL EDUCATION, ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE, AND |
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SPANISH. The University of North Texas may establish and |
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administer a program to provide financial incentives such as |
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tuition assistance or student loan repayment to students at |
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institutions of higher education in the Dallas-Fort Worth area who: |
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(1) agree to: |
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(A) enroll in educator preparation programs at |
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the University of North Texas; and |
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(B) obtain, within the period prescribed by the |
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university, certification to teach bilingual education, English as |
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a second language, or Spanish; |
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(2) accept, during the first school year that begins |
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after the date the student becomes certified as provided by |
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Subdivision (1)(B), an offer of full-time employment to teach |
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bilingual education, English as a second language, or Spanish in a |
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public elementary or secondary school in the Dallas-Fort Worth |
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area; and |
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(3) teach bilingual education, English as a second |
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language, or Spanish at that school for at least two school years. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |