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TITLE 19EDUCATION
PART 7STATE BOARD FOR EDUCATOR CERTIFICATION
CHAPTER 231REQUIREMENTS FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL PERSONNEL ASSIGNMENTS
SUBCHAPTER BPREKINDERGARTEN-GRADE 6 ASSIGNMENTS
RULE §231.13English as a Second Language, Prekindergarten-Grade 6

An assignment for English as a Second Language, Prekindergarten-Grade 6, is allowed with one of the following certificates.

  (1) An elementary certified teacher with a valid English as a Second Language supplemental certificate or endorsement or bilingual education supplemental certificate or endorsement may be assigned to teach English as a Second Language at the kindergarten level.

  (2) A valid classroom teaching certificate appropriate for the grade level and subject areas taught plus one of the following.

    (A) Bilingual Education Supplemental.

    (B) Bilingual Education Supplemental (Early Childhood-Grade 4).

    (C) Bilingual Education Supplemental (Grades 4-8).

    (D) Bilingual Endorsement.

    (E) Bilingual/English as a Second Language Endorsement.

    (F) English as a Second Language Endorsement.

    (G) English as a Second Language Supplemental.

  (3) Bilingual Generalist: Early Childhood-Grade 4 (Kindergarten-Grade 4 only).

  (4) Bilingual Generalist: Early Childhood-Grade 6.

  (5) Bilingual Generalist: Grades 4-8 (Grades 4-6 only).

  (6) English as a Second Language Generalist: Early Childhood-Grade 4 (Kindergarten-Grade 4 only).

  (7) English as a Second Language Generalist: Early Childhood-Grade 6.

  (8) English as a Second Language Generalist: Grades 4-8 (Grades 4-6 only).

  (9) Prekindergarten-Grade 5--Bilingual/English as a Second Language (Prekindergarten-Grade 5 only).

  (10) Prekindergarten-Grade 6--Bilingual/English as a Second Language.

  (11) Prekindergarten-Grade 12--English as a Second Language.

  (12) Prekindergarten-Grade 12--Bilingual/English as a Second Language.

  (13) Teacher certificate appropriate for grade level of assignment and assigned to teach English as a Second Language in an approved English as a Second Language program during the 1981-1982 school year in the same school district.


Source Note: The provisions of this §231.13 adopted to be effective August 15, 2013, 38 TexReg 5076; amended to be effective July 21, 2022, 47 TexReg 4319

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