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  Major Public Education Laws Relating to Educators - Unit 4

This CPE unit is worth 1.5 hours credit for certification renewal requirements of the Texas State Board for Educator Certification. As an educator taking this CPE unit, you are held to the honor system and will certify, once the unit is completed, that you have read all text and source material presented in order to achieve the maximum benefit of the training credit.

Click on the linked titles above each section. Read the subchapters listed of the Texas Education Code (TEC). Fill in the blanks using the exact words cited in the source material. There are a total of 35 questions.  

CHAPTER 29. EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS
Subchapter A. Special Education Program 

  1. Students with a disability between the ages of and are eligible for special education services and a free appropriate public education.
      

  2. Eligible students with disabilities shall enjoy a free appropriate public education, which may include instruction in the regular classroom, instruction through special teaching or instruction through with approved service providers.
       

  3. Before a child is enrolled in a special education program, the school district shall establish a committee for the student and develop an education program.

Subchapter B. Bilingual Education and Special Language Programs 

  1. The definition of a "limited English proficiency" student includes a student whose language is other than English, and whose English skills are such that the student has difficulty performing classwork in English.
      

  2. Each district with an enrollment of or more students of limited English proficiency in any language in the same grade level shall offer a bilingual or special language program.
      

  3. A bilingual program shall be a full-time program of instruction.

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