Bill Text: TX HB880 | 2017-2018 | 85th 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.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 3)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-04-25 - Left pending in committee [HB880 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB880-Introduced.html
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| By: King of Hemphill | H.B. No. 880 | |
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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 Subsections (b) and (b-1) 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 using one of the | ||
| following program models must be appropriately certified for | ||
| bilingual education by the board: | ||
| (1) transitional bilingual/early exit program model; | ||
| or | ||
| (2) transitional bilingual/late exit program model. | ||
| (b-1) Except as provided by Subsection (b-3), a [ |
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| assigned to a bilingual education program using a dual language | ||
| immersion/one-way or two-way program model must be appropriately | ||
| certified by the board for: | ||
| (1) bilingual education for the component of the | ||
| program provided in a language other than English; and | ||
| (2) bilingual education or English as a second | ||
| language for the component of the program provided in English. | ||
| (b-3) A school district may assign to any 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 2017-2018 | ||
| 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, 2017. | ||
