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Floor Packet Page No. 90
Amend CSSB 1 (House Committee Printing) in Article III of the
bill, following the appropriations to the Texas Higher Education
Coordinating Board, by adding the following appropriately numbered
rider:
___. _____. PROGRAM TO ENCOURAGE CERTIFICATION TO TEACH
BILINGUAL EDUCATION, ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE, OR SPANISH. Of
the funds appropriated above that may be used for this purpose, the
Higher Education Coordinating Board may use an amount that is not
less than $150,000 for each year of the state fiscal biennium ending
August 31, 2007, to develop and operate a program at the University
of North Texas System Center at Dallas, in consultation with the
university, to provide financial incentives, such as tuition
assistance and loan forgiveness, to encourage students who enroll
in an educator preparation program at the university to become
certified to teach bilingual education, English as a second
language, or Spanish.