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  89R8385 RDR-D     By: Guerra H.B. No. 2312       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the requirements for issuance of a supplemental   bilingual education teaching certificate.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 21, Education Code, is   amended by adding Section 21.04895 to read as follows:           Sec.   21.04895.     REQUIREMENTS FOR BILINGUAL EDUCATION   SUPPLEMENTAL CERTIFICATION. (a)     The board shall propose rules to   ensure that in issuing the teaching certificates appropriate for   bilingual education instruction in accordance with Section   29.061(a), the board issues bifurcated supplemental certificates   in bilingual education instruction that, combined with a teacher's   primary certificate, certify the teacher to provide bilingual   education instruction to students in sixth grade and below or   students in 7th through 12th grade, as applicable.   The bifurcated   supplemental certificates must be tailored to providing bilingual   education instruction in the applicable grades to which the   teacher's primary certificate applies.           (b)     The rules proposed by the board shall allow a person   seeking certification described by Subsection (a) who fails to   perform satisfactorily on the required Bilingual Target Language   Proficiency Test to:                 (1)     retake only the sections of the test that include   the domains on which the person failed to perform satisfactorily;   and                 (2)     during a retake of the test described by   Subdivision (1), demonstrate the person's language proficiency   through the completion of fewer components, including eliminating a   component that requires the preparation of a lesson plan for a   person who fails to perform satisfactorily on a domain requiring   completion of that component.          SECTION 2.  As soon as practicable after the effective date   of this Act, the State Board for Educator Certification shall   propose rules prescribing the requirements for a supplemental   educator certification in bilingual education instruction as   provided by Section 21.04895, Education Code, as added by this Act.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.