84R8852 KKA-F
	By: Márquez, Moody, González	H.B. No. 218

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	rel
	ating 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
	amending Subsections (b) and (c) and adding Subsections (b-1) and
	(b-2) to read as follows:
	(b)  A teacher 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)  A teacher 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-2)  A school district that provides a bilingual education
	program using a dual language immersion/one-way or two-way program
	model may assign a teacher certified under Subsection (b-1)(1) for
	the language other than English component of the program and a
	different teacher certified under Subsection (b-1)(2) for the
	English language component.
	(c)  A teacher assigned to an English as a second language
	[or other special language] program must be appropriately certified
	for English as a second language by the board.
	SECTION 2.  This Act applies beginning with the 2015-2016
	school 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, 2015.