Bill Text: TX HB2800 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to permissible teachers assigned to a bilingual education program and the permissible uses of the bilingual education allotment provided under the foundation school program.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-26 - Left pending in subcommittee [HB2800 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB2800-Introduced.html
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| By: King of Hemphill | H.B. No. 2800 | |
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| relating to permissible teachers assigned to a bilingual education | ||
| program and the permissible uses of the bilingual education | ||
| allotment provided under the foundation school program. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 29.061, Education Code, is amended by | ||
| amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (b-3) to read as | ||
| follows: | ||
| (b) Except as provided by Subsection (b-3), a [ |
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| assigned to a bilingual education program must be appropriately | ||
| certified for bilingual education by the board. | ||
| (b-3) A school district may assign to a bilingual education | ||
| program a teacher certified for English as a second language for a | ||
| school year if: | ||
| (1) the commissioner has determined that there is a | ||
| shortage of teachers certified for bilingual education by the board | ||
| for the school year; and | ||
| (2) a teacher certified for bilingual education is not | ||
| reasonably available to the district. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 42.153(c), Education Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| (c) A district's bilingual education or special language | ||
| allocation may be used only for program and student evaluation, | ||
| instructional materials and equipment, staff development, | ||
| supplemental staff expenses, salary [ |
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| and other supplies required for quality instruction and smaller | ||
| class size. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act applies beginning with the 2015-2016 | ||
| school year. | ||
| SECTION 4. 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, 2015. | ||
