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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the transfer of students of limited English proficiency |
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from regular instructional programs to special education resource |
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rooms. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 29, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 29.0562 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 29.0562. TRANSFER OF STUDENTS TO SPECIAL EDUCATION |
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RESOURCE ROOMS. A student who has been transferred out of a |
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bilingual education or special language program to a regular |
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all-English instructional program under Section 29.056(g) may not |
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be transferred out of the regular all-English instructional program |
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to a special education program resource room unless the student: |
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(1) while in the regular all-English instructional |
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program, has been provided intensive bilingual education or special |
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language program instruction, as appropriate for the student, for |
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at least 18 school weeks; and |
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(2) has not progressed in reading, writing, speaking, |
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or listening in English as determined using a test or assessment |
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instrument described by Section 29.056(g). |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2013-2014 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 3. 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, 2013. |