Sec. 29.053. ESTABLISHMENT OF BILINGUAL EDUCATION AND SPECIAL LANGUAGE PROGRAMS. (a) The agency shall establish a procedure for identifying school districts that are required to offer bilingual education and special language programs in accordance with this subchapter.
(b) Within the first four weeks following the first day of school, the language proficiency assessment committee established under Section 29.063 shall determine and report to the board of trustees of the district the number of emergent bilingual students on each campus and shall classify each student according to the language in which the student possesses primary proficiency. The board shall report that information to the agency before November 1 each year.
(c) Each district with an enrollment of 20 or more emergent bilingual students in any language classification in the same grade level shall offer a bilingual education or special language program.
(d) Each district that is required to offer bilingual education and special language programs under this section shall offer the following for emergent bilingual students:
(1) bilingual education in kindergarten through the elementary grades;
(2) bilingual education, instruction in English as a second language, or other transitional language instruction approved by the agency in post-elementary grades through grade 8; and
(3) instruction in English as a second language in grades 9 through 12.
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.
Amended by:
Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 973 (S.B. 2066), Sec. 7, eff. September 1, 2021.
Structure Texas Statutes
Subtitle F - Curriculum, Programs, and Services
Chapter 29 - Educational Programs
Subchapter B. Bilingual Education and Special Language Programs
Section 29.053. Establishment of Bilingual Education and Special Language Programs
Section 29.055. Program Content; Method of Instruction
Section 29.056. Enrollment of Students in Program
Section 29.0561. Evaluation of Transferred Students; Reenrollment
Section 29.057. Facilities; Classes
Section 29.058. Enrollment of Students Who Do Not Have Limited English Proficiency
Section 29.059. Cooperation Among Districts
Section 29.060. Preschool, Summer School, and Extended Time Programs
Section 29.061. Bilingual Education and Special Language Program Teachers
Section 29.063. Language Proficiency Assessment Committees
Section 29.065. Assistance by Agency
Section 29.066. Peims Reporting Requirements
Section 29.067. Strategic Plan to Improve and Expand Bilingual Education