Bill Text: TX HB2164 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Comm Sub
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Bill Title: Relating to public school bilingual education programs, dual language immersion programs, and special language programs.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-05-11 - Referred to Education [HB2164 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB2164-Comm_Sub.html
Bill Title: Relating to public school bilingual education programs, dual language immersion programs, and special language programs.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-05-11 - Referred to Education [HB2164 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB2164-Comm_Sub.html
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By: Guerra, Allen | H.B. No. 2164 | ||
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2164: | |||
By: Buckley | C.S.H.B. No. 2164 |
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relating to public school bilingual education programs, dual | ||
language immersion programs, and special language programs. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter J, Chapter 21, Education Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 21.4572 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 21.4572. TRAINING FOR SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS: | ||
BILINGUAL EDUCATION AND DUAL LANGUAGE IMMERSION. The commissioner, | ||
in collaboration with relevant stakeholders, shall develop and make | ||
available training materials and other training resources to | ||
increase school administrators' understanding of and improve | ||
student outcomes for: | ||
(1) bilingual education programs offered under | ||
Section 29.053; and | ||
(2) dual language immersion programs described by | ||
Section 28.0051. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 29.066(a), Education Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(a) A school district that is required to offer bilingual | ||
education or special language programs shall include the following | ||
information in the district's Public Education Information | ||
Management System (PEIMS) report: | ||
(1) demographic information, as determined by the | ||
commissioner, on students enrolled in district bilingual education | ||
or special language programs; | ||
(2) the number and percentage of students enrolled in | ||
each instructional model of a bilingual education or special | ||
language program offered by the district; [ |
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(3) the number and percentage of students identified | ||
as emergent bilingual students who do not receive specialized | ||
instruction; and | ||
(4) any other information required by the agency under | ||
Section 29.068(b). | ||
SECTION 3. Subchapter B, Chapter 29, Education Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 29.068 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 29.068. AGENCY MONITORING. (a) The agency shall adopt | ||
rules providing for robust monitoring of bilingual education and | ||
special language programs. The rules must require the agency to: | ||
(1) review bilingual education and special language | ||
program requirements to ensure those requirements prioritize | ||
meeting student needs and closing learning gaps for emergent | ||
bilingual students; and | ||
(2) engage directly with school districts offering | ||
bilingual education or special language programs to improve | ||
outcomes for emergent bilingual students, including by identifying | ||
districts offering programs with deficiencies and providing | ||
technical assistance to those districts. | ||
(b) Rules adopted under Subsection (a) may include | ||
requiring school districts that offer bilingual education or | ||
special language programs to provide additional information | ||
relevant to the programs through the Public Education Information | ||
Management System (PEIMS) under Section 29.066. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |