Title ED, Education Code

Sec. 29.057. FACILITIES; CLASSES. (a) Bilingual education and special language programs must be located in the regular public schools of the district rather than in separate facilities. (b) Students enrolled in bilingual education or a special language program shall be placed in …

Sec. 29.058. ENROLLMENT OF STUDENTS WHO DO NOT HAVE LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY. With the approval of the school district and a student's parents, a student who does not have limited English proficiency may also participate in a bilingual education program. The number of particip…

Sec. 29.059. COOPERATION AMONG DISTRICTS. (a) A school district may join with one or more other districts to provide the bilingual education and special language programs required by this subchapter. The availability of the programs shall be publicized throughout the districts in…

Sec. 29.060. PRESCHOOL, SUMMER SCHOOL, AND EXTENDED TIME PROGRAMS. (a) Each school district that is required to offer a bilingual education or special language program shall offer a voluntary program for emergent bilingual children who will be eligible for admission to kindergart…

Sec. 29.061. BILINGUAL EDUCATION AND SPECIAL LANGUAGE PROGRAM TEACHERS. (a) The State Board for Educator Certification shall provide for the issuance of teaching certificates appropriate for bilingual education instruction to teachers who possess a speaking, reading, and writing …

Sec. 29.062. COMPLIANCE. (a) The legislature recognizes that compliance with this subchapter is an imperative public necessity. Therefore, in accordance with the policy of the state, the agency shall evaluate the effectiveness of programs under this subchapter based on the achiev…

Sec. 29.063. LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY ASSESSMENT COMMITTEES. (a) Each school district that is required to offer bilingual education and special language programs shall establish a language proficiency assessment committee. (b) Each committee shall include a professional bilingual edu…

Sec. 29.064. APPEALS. A parent of a student enrolled in a school district offering bilingual education or special language programs may appeal to the commissioner if the district fails to comply with the requirements established by law or by the agency as authorized by this subch…

Sec. 29.065. ASSISTANCE BY AGENCY. The agency shall develop tools to assist school districts and open-enrollment charter schools in implementing bilingual education and special language programs under this chapter. Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 943 (H.B. 3), Sec. 2.016…

Sec. 29.066. PEIMS REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. (a) A school district that is required to offer bilingual education or special language programs shall include the following information in the district's Public Education Information Management System (PEIMS) report: (1) demographic inf…

Sec. 29.081. COMPENSATORY, INTENSIVE, AND ACCELERATED INSTRUCTION. (a) Each school district shall use the student performance data resulting from the basic skills assessment instruments and achievement tests administered under Subchapter B, Chapter 39, to design and implement app…

Sec. 29.082. OPTIONAL EXTENDED YEAR PROGRAM. (a) A school district may set aside an amount from the district's allotment under Section 48.104 or may apply to the agency for funding of an extended year program for a period not to exceed 30 instructional days for students in: (1) k…

Sec. 29.0821. OPTIONAL FLEXIBLE YEAR PROGRAM. (a) A school district may provide a flexible year program for students who did not or are likely not to perform successfully on an assessment instrument administered under Section 39.023 or who would not otherwise be promoted to the n…

Sec. 29.0822. OPTIONAL FLEXIBLE SCHOOL DAY PROGRAM. (a) Notwithstanding Section 25.081 or 25.082, a school district may apply to the commissioner to provide a flexible school day program for students who: (1) have dropped out of school or are at risk of dropping out of school as …

Sec. 29.083. STUDENT RETENTION INFORMATION. The agency shall collect data from school districts through the Public Education Information Management System (PEIMS) relating to grade level retention of students. Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.

Sec. 29.084. TUTORIAL SERVICES. (a) Each school district may provide tutorial services at the district's schools. (b) A district that provides tutorial services shall require a student whose grade in a subject for a grade reporting period is lower than the equivalent of 70 on a s…

Sec. 29.085. LIFE SKILLS PROGRAM FOR STUDENT PARENTS. (a) A school district may provide an integrated program of educational and support services for students who are pregnant or who are parents. (b) The program shall include: (1) individual counseling, peer counseling, and self-…

Sec. 29.086. BASIC SKILLS PROGRAMS FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. (a) A school district may apply to the commissioner for funding of special programs for students in grade nine who are at risk of not earning sufficient credit or who have not earned sufficient credit to advance to grad…

Sec. 29.087. HIGH SCHOOL EQUIVALENCY PROGRAMS. (a) The agency shall develop a process by which a school district or open-enrollment charter school may apply to the commissioner for authority to operate a program to prepare eligible students to take a high school equivalency exami…

Sec. 29.088. AFTER-SCHOOL AND SUMMER INTENSIVE MATHEMATICS INSTRUCTION PROGRAMS. (a) A school district may provide an intensive after-school program or an intensive program during the period that school is recessed for the summer to provide mathematics instruction to: (1) student…

Sec. 29.0881. STRONG FOUNDATIONS GRANT PROGRAM. (a) The commissioner shall establish and administer a strong foundations grant program for campuses or a program at a campus serving students enrolled in prekindergarten through grade five to implement a rigorous school approach tha…

Sec. 29.089. MENTORING SERVICES PROGRAM. (a) Each school district may provide a mentoring services program to students at risk of dropping out of school, as defined by Section 29.081. (b) The commissioner, in consultation with the governor, lieutenant governor, and speaker of the…

Sec. 29.090. AFTER-SCHOOL AND SUMMER INTENSIVE SCIENCE INSTRUCTION PROGRAMS. (a) A school district may provide an intensive after-school program or an intensive program during the period that school is recessed for the summer to provide science instruction to: (1) students who ar…

Sec. 29.091. GRANT PROGRAM FOR DISTRICTS THAT HAVE HIGH ENROLLMENT OF EDUCATIONALLY DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS AND THAT PROVIDE SUMMER INSTRUCTION. (a) In this section: (1) "New teacher" means a teacher who: (A) will be teaching for the first time during the next school year; or (B) …

Sec. 29.094. INTENSIVE READING OR LANGUAGE INTERVENTION PILOT PROGRAM. (a) In this section, "pilot program" means the intensive reading or language intervention pilot program. (b) The commissioner by rule shall establish a pilot program in which a participating campus provides in…

Sec. 29.095. GRANTS FOR STUDENT CLUBS. (a) In this section: (1) Repealed by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 439 (S.B. 1376), Sec. 4.01(4), eff. June 4, 2019. (2) "Student at risk of dropping out of school" has the meaning assigned by Section 29.081(d). (b) The commissioner shall …

Sec. 29.096. COLLABORATIVE DROPOUT REDUCTION PILOT PROGRAM. (a) Repealed by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 439 (S.B. 1376), Sec. 4.01(a)(4), eff. June 4, 2019. (b) Using funds appropriated for that purpose in an amount not to exceed $4 million each year, the commissioner shall e…

Sec. 29.099. INTENSIVE MATHEMATICS AND ALGEBRA INTERVENTION PILOT PROGRAM. (a) In this section, "intervention program" means the intensive mathematics and algebra intervention pilot program. (b) The commissioner by rule shall establish an intervention pilot program in which a par…

Sec. 29.121. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "gifted and talented student" means a child or youth who performs at or shows the potential for performing at a remarkably high level of accomplishment when compared to others of the same age, experience, or environment and who: (1) ex…

Sec. 29.122. ESTABLISHMENT. (a) Using criteria established by the State Board of Education, each school district shall adopt a process for identifying and serving gifted and talented students in the district and shall establish a program for those students in each grade level. A …

Sec. 29.123. STATE PLAN; ASSISTANCE. The State Board of Education shall develop and periodically update a state plan for the education of gifted and talented students to guide school districts in establishing and improving programs for identified students. The regional education …

Sec. 29.151. FREE KINDERGARTEN. The board of trustees of each school district shall establish and maintain one or more kindergartens for the training of children residing in the district who are at least five years of age on September 1 of the school year. Added by Acts 1995, 74t…

Sec. 29.152. OPERATION OF KINDERGARTENS ON HALF-DAY OR FULL-DAY BASIS. A public school kindergarten may be operated on a half-day or a full-day basis at the option of the board of trustees of the school district. Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.

Sec. 29.153. FREE PREKINDERGARTEN FOR CERTAIN CHILDREN. (a) In this section: (1) "Child" includes a stepchild. (2) "Parent" includes a stepparent. (a-1) A district shall offer prekindergarten classes if the district identifies 15 or more children who are eligible under Subsection…

Sec. 29.1531. TUITION-SUPPORTED AND DISTRICT-FINANCED PREKINDERGARTEN. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), a school district may offer on a tuition basis or use district funds to provide: (1) an additional half-day of prekindergarten classes to children who are eligible for…

Sec. 29.1532. PREKINDERGARTEN PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS. (a) A school district's prekindergarten program shall be designed to develop skills necessary for success in the regular public school curriculum, including language, mathematics, and social skills. (b) If a school district cont…

Sec. 29.1533. ESTABLISHMENT OF NEW PREKINDERGARTEN PROGRAM. Before establishing a new prekindergarten program, a school district shall consider the possibility of sharing use of an existing Head Start or other child-care program site as a prekindergarten site. Added by Acts 2003,…

Sec. 29.1534. NOTIFICATION OF PREKINDERGARTEN PROGRAMS. (a) In this section, "prekindergarten program" includes prekindergarten programs provided by a private entity through a partnership with the school district. (b) The agency shall develop joint strategies with other state age…

Sec. 29.154. EVALUATION OF PREKINDERGARTEN PROGRAMS. The commissioner of education, in consultation with the commissioner of human services, shall monitor and evaluate prekindergarten programs as to their developmental appropriateness. The commissioners shall also evaluate the po…

Sec. 29.1543. EARLY EDUCATION REPORTS. (a) The agency shall produce and make available to the public on the agency's Internet website annual district and campus-level reports containing information from the previous school year on early education in school districts and open-enro…

Sec. 29.1544. REPORTING OF CERTAIN INFORMATION REGARDING PREKINDERGARTEN PROGRAMS; AGENCY REPORT. (a) The agency by rule shall require each school district that offers a prekindergarten program under Section 29.153 and each private entity that provides a prekindergarten program u…

Sec. 29.155. KINDERGARTEN AND PREKINDERGARTEN GRANTS. (a) From amounts appropriated for the purposes of this section, the commissioner may make grants to school districts and open-enrollment charter schools to implement or expand kindergarten and prekindergarten programs by: (1) …

Sec. 29.156. GRANTS FOR EDUCATIONAL COMPONENT OF HEAD START. (a) From funds appropriated for the purpose, the commissioner shall make grants for use in providing an educational component to federal Head Start programs or similar government-funded early childhood care and educatio…

Sec. 29.1561. ADMINISTRATION OF EARLY CHILDHOOD CARE AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS. (a) The commissioner may waive a law or rule relating to early childhood care and education programs: (1) to the extent that the law or rule is more restrictive than required by federal law; or (2) to th…

Sec. 29.157. READY TO READ GRANTS. (a) From funds appropriated for the purpose, the commissioner shall make grants as provided by this section in support of pre-reading instruction. (b) The commissioner shall establish a competitive grant program for distribution of at least 95 p…

Sec. 29.158. COORDINATION OF SERVICES. (a) In a manner consistent with federal law and regulations, each prekindergarten program provider, Head Start and Early Head Start program provider, and provider of an after-school child-care program provided at a school shall coordinate wi…