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Venus ISD reports bilingual/ESL program structure, TELPAS results and staffing challenges
Summary
District staff presented the emergent bilingual annual report, reviewed program models (one‑way dual language, content‑based ESL), TELPAS/TX assessment outcomes and said teacher certification shortages required an exception waiver to TEA.
Venus ISD staff presented the district’s emergent bilingual annual report at the Oct. 20 board meeting, reviewing program models, student counts, state assessment outcomes and teacher certification challenges required to be reported to the Texas Education Agency.
The district’s pre‑K–5 bilingual program is a one‑way dual language immersion (Spanish/English) and the district also operates content‑based ESL programs. The report said the goal for dual language students is biliteracy by the end of fifth grade and noted that some grade levels are served by paired bilingual and ESL teachers when bilingual certification is not available.
Presenter Robyn (identified in the meeting as the emergent…
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