Section 231.51 - Reading Improvement (One Year or More Below Grade Level), Grades 6-8An assignment in a departmentalized classroom for Reading Improvement (one year or more below grade level), Grades 6-8, for a holder of a valid elementary, secondary, or all-level certificate is allowed with one of the following certificates.
(1) Bilingual Generalist: Early Childhood-Grade 6 (Grade 6 only).(2) Bilingual Generalist: Grades 4-8.(3) Core Subjects: Early Childhood-Grade 6 (Grade 6 only).(4) Core Subjects with Science of Teaching Reading: Early Childhood-Grade 6 (Grade 6 only).(5) Core Subjects: Grades 4-8.(6) Core Subjects with Science of Teaching Reading: Grades 4-8.(7) Elementary English (Grades 1-8). This assignment requires verifiable preparation in teaching of reading such as in-service, seminar, or college course in reading. Initial assignments beginning with the 1990-1991 school year require nine semester credit hours of upper-division coursework in reading with at least one course in diagnostic reading techniques.(8) Elementary Reading (Grades 1-8).(9) Elementary teacher certificate plus 18 semester credit hours in English and nine semester credit hours of upper-division coursework in reading with at least one course in diagnostic reading techniques.(10) English as a Second Language Generalist: Early Childhood-Grade 6 (Grade 6 only).(11) English as a Second Language Generalist: Grades 4-8.(12) English Language Arts and Reading: Grades 4-8.(13) English Language Arts and Reading with Science of Teaching Reading: Grades 4-8.(14) English Language Arts and Reading: Grades 7-12 (Grades 7 and 8 only).(15) English Language Arts and Reading: Grades 8-12 (Grade 8 only).(16) English Language Arts and Reading/Social Studies: Grades 4-8.(17) English Language Arts and Reading/Social Studies with Science of Teaching Reading: Grades 4-8.(18) Generalist: Early Childhood-Grade 6 (Grade 6 only).(19) Generalist: Grades 4-8.(20) Grades 6-12 or Grades 6-8--English. This assignment requires verifiable preparation in the teaching of reading such as in-service, seminar, or college course in reading. Initial assignments beginning with the 1990-1991 school year require nine semester credit hours of upper-division coursework in reading with at least one course in diagnostic reading techniques.(21) Grades 6-12 or Grades 6-8--English Language Arts, Composite. This assignment includes at least six semester credit hours of reading. Initial assignments beginning with the 2003-2004 school year require nine semester credit hours of upper-division coursework in reading with at least one course in diagnostic reading techniques.(22) Grades 6-12 or Grades 6-8--Reading.(23) Junior High School or High School--English. This assignment requires verifiable preparation in the teaching of reading such as in-service, seminar, or college course in reading. Initial assignments beginning with the 1990-1991 school year require nine semester credit hours of upper-division coursework in reading with at least one course in diagnostic reading techniques.(24) Junior High School or High School--English Language Arts, Composite. This assignment includes at least six semester credit hours of reading. Initial assignments beginning with the 2003-2004 school year require nine semester credit hours of upper-division coursework in reading with at least one course in diagnostic reading techniques.(25) Junior High School or High School--Reading.(26) Legacy Master Reading Teacher (Early Childhood-Grade 12).(28) Reading Specialist (Early Childhood-Grade 12).(29) Secondary English (Grades 6-12). This assignment requires verifiable preparation in the teaching of reading such as in-service, seminar, or college course in reading. Initial assignments beginning with the 1990-1991 school year require nine semester credit hours of upper-division coursework in reading with at least one course in diagnostic reading techniques.(30) Secondary English Language Arts, Composite (Grades 6-12). This assignment includes at least six semester credit hours of reading. Initial assignments beginning with the 2003-2004 school year require nine semester credit hours of upper-division coursework in reading with at least one course in diagnostic reading techniques.(31) Secondary Reading (Grades 6-12).(32) Teacher certificate plus 9 semester credit hours of upper-division coursework in reading with at least one course in diagnostic reading techniques.19 Tex. Admin. Code § 231.51
The provisions of this §231.51 adopted to be effective August 15, 2013, 38 TexReg 5076; amended by Texas Register, Volume 39, Number 52, December 26, 2014, TexReg 10474, eff. 12/29/2014; Amended by Texas Register, Volume 45, Number 51, December 18, 2020, TexReg 9191, eff. 12/27/2020; Amended by Texas Register, Volume 47, Number 29, July 22, 2022, TexReg 4323, eff. 7/21/2022