Bill Text: TX HB513 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the bilingual education and special language programs offered in public schools.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-02-13 - Referred to Public Education [HB513 Detail]

Download: Texas-2013-HB513-Introduced.html

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83R2041 EAH-D
By: Harper-Brown H.B. No. 513

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the bilingual education and special language programs
offered in public schools.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 29.052, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subdivision (3) to read as follows:
(3) "Special language program" includes an English
language immersion program and a program of instruction in English
as a second language.
SECTION 2. Section 29.055(a), Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) A bilingual education program established by a school
district shall be a full-time program of dual-language instruction
that provides for learning basic skills in the primary language of
the students enrolled in the program and for carefully structured
and sequenced mastery of English language skills. An English
language immersion program established by a school district shall
be a program of instruction provided primarily in English. A
program of instruction in English as a second language established
by a school district shall be a program of intensive instruction in
English from teachers trained in recognizing and dealing with
language differences.
SECTION 3. Sections 29.053(d) and 29.054, Education Code,
are repealed.
SECTION 4. This Act applies beginning with the 2013-2014
school year.
SECTION 5. 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, 2013.