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TITLE 19 - EDUCATION
PART 7 - STATE BOARD FOR EDUCATOR CERTIFICATION
CHAPTER 231 - REQUIREMENTS FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL PERSONNEL ASSIGNMENTS
SUBCHAPTER C - GRADES 6-8 ASSIGNMENTS
SECTION/RULE §231.47 - English as a Second Language, Grades 6-8
Chapter Review Date 07/29/2024

An assignment in a departmentalized classroom for English as a Second Language, Grades 6-8, English Learners Language Arts, Grade 7, and English Learners Language Arts, Grade 8, for a holder of a valid elementary, secondary, or all-level certificate is allowed with one of the following certificates.(1) 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.(2) Bilingual Generalist: Early Childhood-Grade 6 (Grade 6 only).(3) Bilingual Generalist: Grades 4-8.(4) Elementary Bilingual/English as a Second Language (Grades 1-8).(5) Elementary teacher certificate and assigned to teach English as a Second Language in an approved English as a Second Language program during 1981-1982 school year in the same school district.(6) Elementary Bilingual.(7) English as a Second Language Generalist: Early Childhood-Grade 6 (Grade 6 only).(8) Junior High School or High School--Bilingual/English as a Second Language.(9) Prekindergarten-Grade 6--Bilingual/English as a Second Language (Grade 6 only).(10) Prekindergarten-Grade 12--Bilingual/English as a Second Language.(11) Prekindergarten-Grade 12--English as a Second Language.(12) Secondary Bilingual/English as a Second Language (Grades 6-12).

Source Note: The provisions of this §231.47 adopted to be effective August 15, 2013, 38 TexReg 5076; amended to be effective October 20, 2019, 44 TexReg 5907.

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