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| 6 | 8 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 7 | 9 | | AN ACT |
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| 8 | 10 | | relating to permissible teachers assigned to a bilingual education |
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| 9 | 11 | | program and the permissible uses of the bilingual education |
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| 10 | 12 | | allotment provided under the foundation school program. |
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| 11 | 13 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 12 | 14 | | SECTION 1. Section 29.061, Education Code, is amended by |
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| 13 | 15 | | amending Subsections (b) and (b-1) and adding Subsection (b-3) to |
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| 14 | 16 | | read as follows: |
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| 15 | 17 | | (b) Except as provided by Subsection (b-3), a [A] teacher |
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| 16 | 18 | | assigned to a bilingual education program using one of the |
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| 17 | 19 | | following program models must be appropriately certified for |
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| 18 | 20 | | bilingual education by the board: |
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| 19 | 21 | | (1) transitional bilingual/early exit program model; |
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| 20 | 22 | | or |
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| 21 | 23 | | (2) transitional bilingual/late exit program model. |
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| 22 | 24 | | (b-1) Except as provided by Subsection (b-3), a [A] teacher |
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| 23 | 25 | | assigned to a bilingual education program using a dual language |
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| 24 | 26 | | immersion/one-way or two-way program model must be appropriately |
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| 25 | 27 | | certified by the board for: |
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| 26 | 28 | | (1) bilingual education for the component of the |
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| 27 | 29 | | program provided in a language other than English; and |
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| 28 | 30 | | (2) bilingual education or English as a second |
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| 29 | 31 | | language for the component of the program provided in English. |
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| 30 | 32 | | (b-3) A school district may assign to any bilingual |
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| 31 | 33 | | education program a teacher certified for English as a second |
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| 32 | 34 | | language for a school year if: |
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| 33 | 35 | | (1) the commissioner has determined that there is a |
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| 34 | 36 | | shortage of teachers certified for bilingual education by the board |
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| 35 | 37 | | for the school year; and |
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| 36 | 38 | | (2) a teacher certified for bilingual education is not |
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| 37 | 39 | | reasonably available to the district. |
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| 38 | 40 | | SECTION 2. Section 42.153(c), Education Code, is amended to |
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| 39 | 41 | | read as follows: |
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| 40 | 42 | | (c) A district's bilingual education or special language |
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| 41 | 43 | | allocation may be used only for: |
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| 42 | 44 | | (1) program and student evaluation;[,] |
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| 43 | 45 | | (2) instructional materials and equipment;[,] |
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| 44 | 46 | | (3) staff development, including assisting a teacher |
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| 45 | 47 | | employed by the district in obtaining certification under Section |
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| 46 | 48 | | 29.061; |
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| 47 | 49 | | (4) supplemental staff expenses;[,] |
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| 48 | 50 | | (5) salary supplements for teachers;[,] and |
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| 49 | 51 | | (6) other supplies required for quality instruction |
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| 50 | 52 | | and smaller class size. |
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| 51 | 53 | | SECTION 3. This Act applies beginning with the 2019-2020 |
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| 52 | 54 | | school year. |
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| 53 | 55 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 54 | 56 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 55 | 57 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 56 | 58 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 57 | 59 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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