Texas Education Code - Section 29.053. Establishment Of Bilingual Education And Special Language Programs
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§ 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 students of limited English
proficiency 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 students
of limited English proficiency 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 students of limited English proficiency:
(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, § 1, eff. May 30, 1995.
Section: 29.014 29.015 29.016 29.0161 29.017 29.051 29.052 29.053 29.054 29.055 29.056 29.0561 29.057 29.058 29.059
Last modified: August 11, 2007
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