| 1 | 1 | | 84R13225 KJE-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: King of Hemphill H.B. No. 2800 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to permissible teachers assigned to a bilingual education |
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| 8 | 8 | | program and the permissible uses of the bilingual education |
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| 9 | 9 | | allotment provided under the foundation school program. |
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| 10 | 10 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 11 | 11 | | SECTION 1. Section 29.061, Education Code, is amended by |
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| 12 | 12 | | amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (b-3) to read as |
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| 13 | 13 | | follows: |
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| 14 | 14 | | (b) Except as provided by Subsection (b-3), a [A] teacher |
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| 15 | 15 | | assigned to a bilingual education program must be appropriately |
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| 16 | 16 | | certified for bilingual education by the board. |
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| 17 | 17 | | (b-3) A school district may assign to a bilingual education |
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| 18 | 18 | | program a teacher certified for English as a second language for a |
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| 19 | 19 | | school year if: |
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| 20 | 20 | | (1) the commissioner has determined that there is a |
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| 21 | 21 | | shortage of teachers certified for bilingual education by the board |
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| 22 | 22 | | for the school year; and |
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| 23 | 23 | | (2) a teacher certified for bilingual education is not |
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| 24 | 24 | | reasonably available to the district. |
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| 25 | 25 | | SECTION 2. Section 42.153(c), Education Code, is amended to |
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| 26 | 26 | | read as follows: |
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| 27 | 27 | | (c) A district's bilingual education or special language |
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| 28 | 28 | | allocation may be used only for program and student evaluation, |
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| 29 | 29 | | instructional materials and equipment, staff development, |
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| 30 | 30 | | supplemental staff expenses, salary [supplements] for teachers, |
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| 31 | 31 | | and other supplies required for quality instruction and smaller |
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| 32 | 32 | | class size. |
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| 33 | 33 | | SECTION 3. This Act applies beginning with the 2015-2016 |
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| 34 | 34 | | school year. |
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| 35 | 35 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 36 | 36 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 37 | 37 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 38 | 38 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 39 | 39 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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