88R9480 TSS-D
 
  By: Blanco S.B. No. 2215
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the establishment of a dual language immersion
  bilingual education teaching certificate.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 21, Education Code, is
  amended by adding Section 21.04892 to read as follows:
         Sec. 21.04892.  DUAL LANGUAGE IMMERSION BILINGUAL EDUCATION
  CERTIFICATION. (a)  The board shall establish a dual language
  immersion bilingual education teaching certificate to provide
  instruction to high school students in bilingual education programs
  using a dual language immersion/one-way or two-way program model.
         (b)  To be eligible for a certificate established under this
  section, a person must:
               (1)  satisfactorily complete the coursework for that
  certificate in an educator preparation program;
               (2)  perform satisfactorily on the Bilingual Target
  Language Proficiency Test; and
               (3)  satisfy any other requirements prescribed by the
  board designed to address specific linguistic and content
  requirements for effective instruction in a dual language immersion
  program.
         (c)  The board shall propose rules to allow a person seeking
  certification under this section who fails to perform
  satisfactorily on the Bilingual Target Language Proficiency Test
  to:
               (1)  retake only the sections of the test that include
  the domains on which the person failed to perform satisfactorily;
  and
               (2)  during a retake of the test described by
  Subdivision (1), demonstrate the person's language proficiency
  through the completion of fewer components, including eliminating a
  component that requires the preparation of a lesson plan for a
  person who fails to perform satisfactorily on a domain requiring
  completion of that component.
         SECTION 2.  As soon as practicable after the effective date
  of this Act, the State Board for Educator Certification shall
  propose rules prescribing requirements for an educator
  certification in dual language immersion bilingual education
  teaching as provided by Section 21.04892, Education Code, as added
  by this Act.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.