Monitoring the SessionSB 2672
Died in committee
Initial review · graded Oct 20, 2026 · Headline, summary and grade are analysis of the bill text, not a finding about any person · How we grade
relating to the requirements for issuance of a supplemental bilingual education teaching certificate.
Caption from analyzed text · version I.
One for grades six and below, one for grades 7 through 12.
The bill orders the State Board for Educator Certification to write rules splitting the bilingual education supplemental certificate into two versions, one for grades six and below and one for grades 7 through 12. It touches teachers seeking bilingual certification, especially those who fail parts of the Bilingual Target Language Proficiency Test. Those test-takers would retake only the failed sections and could skip some components, such as the lesson plan, on the retake.
Labels: ZOMBIE BILL. Died 2 times: 88R HB 5079 by Rep. Guerra (Died in committee) and this bill (Died in committee). Checked against 88R only.BACK FROM THE DEAD. Same text as a bill filed before that died: 88R HB 5079 by Rep. Guerra (Died in committee). Filed in 2 sessions, counting this one. Checked against 88R only.TRY NO. 2. Filed in 2 sessions: 88R and 89R. Checked against 88R only.NEVER GOT A HEARING. Filed Mar 13, 2025 and referred to the Senate Education K-16 committee. No public hearing. The bill died.
89R-SB2672 · 2025-03-13
relating to the requirements for issuance of a supplemental bilingual education teaching certificate.
One for grades six and below, one for grades 7 through 12.
The bill orders the State Board for Educator Certification to write rules splitting the bilingual education supplemental certificate into two versions, one for grades six and below and one for grades 7 through 12. It touches teachers seeking bilingual certification, especially those who fail parts of the Bilingual Target Language Proficiency Test. Those test-takers would retake only the failed sections and could skip some components, such as the lesson plan, on the retake.
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$17,500.00
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Report IDs: 100977616, 101009664.
$15,000.00
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Report IDs: 100977616.
$15,000.00
Also funds 120 other sitting lawmakers.
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TeamDerived itemized flow · Oct 25, 2024 to Jun 15, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
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Report IDs: 100977616, 101059341.
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$17,500.00
Also funds 124 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · Jul 10, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
TEC account match.
TeamDerived itemized flow · Sep 3, 2024 to Jun 27, 2025. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.
Report IDs: 100977616, 101009664.
$15,000.00
Also funds 137 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · Jul 24, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
TEC account match.
TeamDerived itemized flow · Jul 24, 2024 to Nov 25, 2024. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.
Report IDs: 100977616.
$15,000.00
Also funds 120 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · Jul 19, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
TEC account match.
TeamDerived itemized flow · Oct 25, 2024 to Jun 15, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.
Report IDs: 100977616, 101059341.
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Analysis of text version I by claude-opus-5-5, Oct 20, 2026, against the published rubric.
Filed 2 times: 88R and 89R. Checked against 88R only.
by Rep. Guerra, different lead author · Died in committee · same text
Introduced textLast action, Mar 23, 2023: Referred to Public Education
Relating to the requirements for issuance of a supplemental bilingual education teaching certificate.
Caption, 88R bill history
Texas Senate · Filed Mar 13, 2025
04/03/2025 S Referred to Education K-16
Texas Legislature Online · Introduced
Data snapshot Oct 26, 2026 at 4:20 AM CDT. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.
Senate committee · Education K-16 · Final status: Died in committee
HB 2312 by Guerra (identical)
Education--Bilingual
Education--Primary & Secondary--Teachers
EDUCATOR CERTIFICATION, STATE BOARD FOR
The text as introduced · 311 words
89R8385 RDR-D By: Hinojosa of Hidalgo S.B. No. 2672 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the requirements for issuance of a supplemental bilingual education teaching certificate. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 21, Education Code, is amended by adding Section 21.04895 to read as follows: Sec. 21.04895. REQUIREMENTS FOR BILINGUAL EDUCATION SUPPLEMENTAL CERTIFICATION. (a) The board shall propose rules to ensure that in issuing the teaching certificates appropriate for bilingual education instruction in accordance with Section 29.061(a), the board issues bifurcated supplemental certificates in bilingual education instruction that, combined with a teacher's primary certificate, certify the teacher to provide bilingual education instruction to students in sixth grade and below or students in 7th through 12th grade, as applicable. The bifurcated supplemental certificates must be tailored to providing bilingual education instruction in the applicable grades to which the teacher's primary certificate applies. (b) The rules proposed by the board shall allow a person seeking certification described by Subsection (a) who fails to perform satisfactorily on the required Bilingual Target Language Proficiency Test to: (1) retake only the sections of the test that include the domains on which the person failed to perform satisfactorily; and (2) during a retake of the test described by Subdivision (1), demonstrate the person's language proficiency through the completion of fewer components, including eliminating a component that requires the preparation of a lesson plan for a person who fails to perform satisfactorily on a domain requiring completion of that component. SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date of this Act, the State Board for Educator Certification shall propose rules prescribing the requirements for a supplemental educator certification in bilingual education instruction as provided by Section 21.04895, Education Code, as added by this Act. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.