Texas Education Code
§ 29.054 — EXCEPTION
ED § 29.054Title 2. PUBLIC EDUCATION · Part F. CURRICULUM, PROGRAMS, AND SERVICES · Ch. 29. EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS · Art. B. BILINGUAL EDUCATION AND SPECIAL LANGUAGE PROGRAMS
Statute text
View on source(a)If a program other than bilingual education must be used in kindergarten through the elementary grades, documentation for the exception must be filed with and approved by the agency.
(b)An application for an exception may be filed with the agency when a district is unable to hire a sufficient number of teachers with teaching certificates appropriate for bilingual education instruction to staff the required program. The application must be accompanied by:
(1)documentation showing that the district has taken all reasonable affirmative steps to secure teachers with teaching certificates appropriate for bilingual education instruction and has failed;
(2)documentation showing that the district has affirmative hiring policies and procedures consistent with the need to serve emergent bilingual students;
(3)documentation showing that, on the basis of district records, no teacher having a teaching certificate appropriate for bilingual instruction or emergency credentials has been unjustifiably denied employment by the district within the past 12 months; and
(4)a plan detailing specific measures to be used by the district to eliminate the conditions that created the need for an exception.
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Legislative history
Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 973 (S.B. 2066), Sec. 8, eff. September 1, 2021. Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 512 (S.B. 2185), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2025. Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1065 (H.B. 2), Sec. 7.04, eff. September 1, 2025.