1649.1 In addition to the general and professional education requirements, for certification in bilingual education, the following shall be required:

1. (a) A valid teaching certificate in a content area;
2. (b) Thirty (30) semester hours to include the following:
3. (1) The historical, philosophical, educational, and sociological basis of the education of language minority students (a minimum of six (6) semester hours) including the following:
   1. (A) Foundations of Bilingual Education; and
   2. (B) Theory and Practice of Bilingual Education.
4. (2) Linguistics and its relationship to cognitive development (a minimum of six (6) semester hours) including:
   1. (A) Introduction to Linguistics;
   2. (B) Bilingualism; and
   3. (C) Introduction to Psycholinguistics.
5. (3) Developmental literacy, reading readiness and reading for Language Minority students (a minimum of three (3) semester hours);
6. (4) Bilingual assessment instruments used with linguistically diversity Language Minority students (a minimum of three (3) semester hours); and
7. (5) Principles of cross-cultural communication and the differences in learning styles of Language Minority students (a minimum of three (3) semester hours); or substitutable experience (required verification, i.e. one year of living abroad or forty-five (45) hours of formal travel study; and
8. (d) Competency in the language of specialty other than English as determined by an assessment administered in the language by the Language Minority Affairs Branch.

SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 28 DCR 3201 (July 17, 1981); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 33 DCR 6542 (October 24, 1986); and by Final Rulemaking published at 40 DCR 6893, 6930-31 (October 1, 1993).