Bill Text: TX SB2231 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to teacher certification examinations in bilingual target language proficiency and to certification requirements for teachers in bilingual education.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-22 - Referred to Education [SB2231 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB2231-Introduced.html
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| By: LaMantia, Blanco | S.B. No. 2231 | |
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| relating to teacher certification examinations in bilingual target | ||
| language proficiency and to certification requirements for | ||
| teachers in bilingual education. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 29.061, Education Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsections (b-3), (b-4), and (b-5) to read as follows: | ||
| (b-3) For a bilingual target language proficiency | ||
| certification examination prescribed under Section 21.048(a), the | ||
| commissioner shall adopt satisfactory levels of performance | ||
| differentiated for each grade level based on the level of language | ||
| proficiency required to teach that language in a bilingual | ||
| education program at that grade level. An educator preparation | ||
| program may not be penalized under Section 21.045 for a candidate | ||
| who meets the lowest satisfactory level of performance adopted | ||
| under this subsection on a bilingual target language proficiency | ||
| certification examination, regardless of the grade level for which | ||
| the candidate was seeking certification. | ||
| (b-4) Except as provided by Subsection (b-5), a teacher may | ||
| only be assigned to a bilingual education program, or, for a | ||
| bilingual education program described by Subsection (b-1), for the | ||
| component of the program provided in a language other than English, | ||
| at: | ||
| (1) a grade level for which the teacher has achieved on | ||
| the applicable bilingual target language proficiency certification | ||
| examination the satisfactory level of performance for that grade | ||
| level adopted by the commissioner under Subsection (b-3); or | ||
| (2) a grade level below the grade level described by | ||
| Subdivision (1). | ||
| (b-5) Notwithstanding Subsection (b-4), a teacher | ||
| appropriately certified in bilingual education before January 1, | ||
| 2024, may be assigned to a bilingual education program at any grade | ||
| level. | ||
| SECTION 2. Not later than January 1, 2024, the commissioner | ||
| of education shall adopt the satisfactory levels of performance as | ||
| required by Section 29.061(b-3), Education Code, as added by this | ||
| Act. | ||
| SECTION 3. Section 29.061(b-4), Education Code, as added by | ||
| this Act, applies beginning with the 2024-2025 school year. | ||
| SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
