19 Tex. Admin. Code § 89.1233 - Participation of Non-Emergent Bilingual Students

(a) School districts shall fulfill their obligation to provide access to the required bilingual or English as a second language (ESL) program to emergent bilingual (EB) students in accordance with Texas Education Code (TEC), §29.053.

(b) School districts may enroll non-EB students in the bilingual education or ESL program in accordance with TEC, §29.058.

(c) For participation of non-EB students in two-way dual language immersion programs, see §89.1228(c)(1) of this title (relating to Two-Way Dual Language Immersion Program Model Implementation). For all other program models, the number of participating non-EB students shall not exceed 40% of the number of students enrolled in those bilingual or ESL program models district-wide in accordance with TEC, §29.058.

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19 Tex. Admin. Code § 89.1233

The provisions of this §89.1233 adopted to be effective March 5, 1999, 24 TexReg 1383; amended to be effective May 28, 2012, 37 TexReg 3822; Amended by Texas Register, Volume 43, Number 28, July 13, 2018, TexReg 4739, eff. 7/15/2018; Amended by Texas Register, Volume 45, Number 15, April 10, 2020, TexReg 2417, eff. 4/14/2020; Amended by Texas Register, Volume 48, Number 31, August 4, 2023, TexReg 4247, eff. 8/9/2023; Amended by Texas Register, Volume 50, Number 06, February 7, 2025, TexReg 0765, eff. 2/10/2025