By: González of El Paso H.B. No. 3978
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to an application for an exception to the bilingual
education program.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 29.054(c), Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(c) An exception shall be granted under this section on an
individual district basis and is valid for three years [only one
year]. Application for an exception for a second or succeeding
period [year] must be accompanied by the documentation prescribed
by Subsection (b). An application for an exception for a second or
succeeding period may be for the same teacher or a different teacher
as in a preceding period.
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2023-2024
school year.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2023.