Bill Text: TX SB2518 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to an application for an exception to the bilingual education program.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-05-23 - Placed on General State Calendar [SB2518 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-SB2518-Introduced.html
 
 
  By: Blanco S.B. No. 2518
 
 
 
   
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to an application for an exception to the bilingual
  education program.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 29.054(c), Education Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
               (c)  An exception shall be granted under this section
  on an individual district basis and is valid for three years [only
  one year].  Application for an exception for a second or succeeding
  period [year] must be accompanied by the documentation prescribed
  by Subsection (b). An application for an exception for a second or
  succeeding period may be for the same teacher or a different teacher
  as in a preceding period.
         SECTION 2.  This Act applies beginning with the 2023-2024
  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, 2023.
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