Texas Administrative Code
Title 19 - EDUCATION
Part 7 - STATE BOARD FOR EDUCATOR CERTIFICATION
Chapter 231 - REQUIREMENTS FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL PERSONNEL ASSIGNMENTS
Subchapter B - PREKINDERGARTEN-GRADE 6 ASSIGNMENTS
Section 231.5 - Bilingual, Prekindergarten
Universal Citation: 19 TX Admin Code ยง 231.5
Current through Reg. 49, No. 38; September 20, 2024
(a) An assignment for Bilingual, Prekindergarten, is allowed with one of the following certificates.
(1) Bilingual Generalist: Early
Childhood-Grade 4.
(2) Bilingual
Generalist: Early Childhood-Grade 6.
(3) A valid classroom teaching certificate
appropriate for the grade level and subject areas taught plus any bilingual
education certificate or endorsement.
(4) Early Childhood Education
(Prekindergarten and Kindergarten).
(A)
Initial assignments beginning with the 1991-1992 school year require the
bilingual education delivery system or endorsement.
(B) Teachers assigned prior to the 1991-1992
school year are required to verify oral and written proficiency in the language
of the target population as measured by examinations approved by the Texas
Education Agency (TEA) by September 1, 1993, to be eligible for
assignment.
(5)
Elementary--General.
(A) Teachers assigned
prior to the 1991-1992 school year are required to complete a minimum of 90
clock-hours of in-service training (may be advanced academic training) or six
semester credit hours in early childhood education, inclusive of but not
limited to child development or language acquisition, by September 1, 1993, to
be eligible for assignment.
(B)
Initial assignments beginning with the 1991-1992 school year require the early
childhood education delivery system or endorsement and the bilingual education
delivery system or endorsement.
(C)
Teachers assigned prior to the 1991-1992 school year are required to verify
oral and written proficiency in the language of the target population as
measured by examinations approved by the TEA by September 1, 1993, to be
eligible for assignment.
(6) Elementary--General (Grades 1-6).
(A) Teachers assigned prior to the 1991-1992
school year are required to complete a minimum of 90 clock-hours of in-service
training (may be advanced academic training) or six semester credit hours in
early childhood education, inclusive of but not limited to child development or
language acquisition, by September 1, 1993, to be eligible for
assignment.
(B) Initial assignments
beginning with the 1991-1992 school year require the early childhood education
delivery system or endorsement and the bilingual education delivery system or
endorsement.
(C) Teachers assigned
prior to the 1991-1992 school year are required to verify oral and written
proficiency in the language of the target population as measured by
examinations approved by the TEA by September 1, 1993, to be eligible for
assignment.
(7)
Elementary--General (Grades 1-8).
(A) Teachers
assigned prior to the 1991-1992 school year are required to complete a minimum
of 90 clock-hours of in-service training (may be advanced academic training) or
six semester credit hours in early childhood education, inclusive of but not
limited to child development or language acquisition, by September 1, 1993, to
be eligible for assignment.
(B)
Initial assignments beginning with the 1991-1992 school year require the early
childhood education delivery system or endorsement and the bilingual education
delivery system or endorsement.
(C)
Teachers assigned prior to the 1991-1992 school year are required to verify
oral and written proficiency in the language of the target population as
measured by examinations approved by the TEA by September 1, 1993, to be
eligible for assignment.
(8) Elementary Early Childhood Education
(Prekindergarten-Grade 6).
(A) Initial
assignments beginning with the 1991-1992 school year require the bilingual
education delivery system or endorsement.
(B) Teachers assigned prior to the 1991-1992
school year are required to verify oral and written proficiency in the language
of the target population as measured by examinations approved by the TEA by
September 1, 1993, to be eligible for assignment.
(9) Elementary Self-Contained (Grades 1-8).
(A) Teachers assigned prior to the 1991-1992
school year are required to complete a minimum of 90 clock-hours of in-service
training (may be advanced academic training) or six semester credit hours in
early childhood education, inclusive of but not limited to child development or
language acquisition, by September 1, 1993, to be eligible for
assignment.
(B) Initial assignments
beginning with the 1991-1992 school year require the early childhood education
delivery system or endorsement.
(10) Elementary teacher certification with
Bilingual Endorsement.
(A) Teachers assigned
prior to the 1991-1992 school year are required to complete a minimum of 90
clock-hours of in-service training (may be advanced academic training) or six
semester credit hours in early childhood education, inclusive of but not
limited to child development or language acquisition, by September 1, 1993, to
be eligible for assignment.
(B)
Initial assignments beginning with the 1991-1992 school year require the early
childhood education delivery system or endorsement.
(11) Prekindergarten-Grade 5--General.
(A) Initial assignments beginning with the
1991-1992 school year require the bilingual education delivery system or
endorsement.
(B) Teachers assigned
prior to the 1991-1992 school year are required to verify oral and written
proficiency in the language of the target population as measured by
examinations approved by the TEA by September 1, 1993, to be eligible for
assignment.
(12)
Prekindergarten-Grade 6--General.
(A) Initial
assignments beginning with the 1991-1992 school year require the bilingual
education delivery system or endorsement.
(B) Teachers assigned prior to the 1991-1992
school year are required to verify oral and written proficiency in the language
of the target population as measured by examinations approved by the TEA by
September 1, 1993, to be eligible for assignment.
(13) Prekindergarten-Grade
6--Bilingual/English as a Second Language.
(14) Prekindergarten-Grade
12--Bilingual/English as a Second Language.
(15) Kindergarten.
(A) Initial assignments beginning with the
1991-1992 school year require the bilingual education delivery system or
endorsement.
(B) Teachers assigned
prior to the 1991-1992 school year are required to verify oral and written
proficiency in the language of the target population as measured by
examinations approved by the TEA by September 1, 1993, to be eligible for
assignment.
(16) Teacher
of Young Children--General.
(A) Initial
assignments beginning with the 1991-1992 school year require the bilingual
education delivery system or endorsement.
(B) Teachers assigned prior to the 1991-1992
school year are required to verify oral and written proficiency in the language
of the target population as measured by examinations approved by the TEA by
September 1, 1993, to be eligible for assignment.
(b) An assignment for the English component only of a dual language immersion/one-way or two-way bilingual education program model for Prekindergarten is allowed with a valid classroom teaching certificate appropriate for the grade level and subject areas taught plus a bilingual education certificate or endorsement or an English as a Second Language certificate or endorsement.
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