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
88R13207 DIO-F | ||
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. |