SECTION 231.51. Reading Improvement (One Year or More Below Grade Level), Grades 6-8

An 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).

(27) Reading Specialist.

(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.

Source Note: The provisions of this §231.51 adopted to be effective August 15, 2013, 38 TexReg 5076; amended to be effective December 29, 2014, 39 TexReg 10474; amended to be effective December 27, 2020, 45 TexReg 9183; amended to be effective July 21, 2022, 47 TexReg 4319