The bill, H.B. No. 2312, proposes amendments to the Education Code regarding the issuance of supplemental bilingual education teaching certificates. It introduces a new section, 21.04895, which mandates the State Board for Educator Certification to create rules for issuing bifurcated supplemental certificates in bilingual education. These certificates will allow teachers to provide bilingual education instruction tailored to specific grade levels, either for students in sixth grade and below or for those in seventh through twelfth grade, depending on the teacher's primary certification.

Additionally, the bill outlines provisions for individuals who do not pass the required Bilingual Target Language Proficiency Test. It allows these individuals to retake only the sections of the test they failed and to demonstrate language proficiency through fewer components during the retake, potentially eliminating the requirement to prepare a lesson plan if it pertains to a domain they did not pass. The bill is set to take effect on September 1, 2025, and the State Board is tasked with proposing the necessary rules as soon as practicable after the bill's effective date.

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