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

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 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.