Bill Text: TX HB4570 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the language in which certain courses are offered by a public institution of higher education.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-22 - Referred to Higher Education [HB4570 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB4570-Introduced.html
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By: Bucy | H.B. No. 4570 |
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relating to the language in which certain courses are offered by a | ||
public institution of higher education. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 51.917(b), Education Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(b) The governing board of each institution of higher | ||
education shall establish a program or a short course the purpose of | ||
which is to: | ||
(1) assist faculty members whose primary language is | ||
not English to become proficient in the use of English; and | ||
(2) ensure that courses offered for credit at the | ||
institution are taught in a [ |
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all students in the course and that all faculty members are | ||
proficient in the use of the English language, as determined by a | ||
satisfactory grade on the "Test of Spoken English" of the | ||
Educational Testing Service or a similar test approved by the | ||
board. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2023-2024 | ||
academic 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. |