1. (a) School district recognition. An exceptional dual language immersion program may be recognized by the local school district board of trustees using the following criteria.

   1. (1) A school district must exceed the minimum requirements stated in §89.1605 of this title (relating to Minimum Program Requirements).
   2. (2) A school district must be rated at least acceptable in the state accountability system.
   3. (3) A school district must not be identified for any stage of intervention for the district's bilingual and/or English as a second language program under the performance-based monitoring system.
   4. (4) A school district must meet the Adequate Yearly Progress participation and performance criteria for the limited English proficient student group under No Child Left Behind regulations.

2. (b) Student recognition. A student participating in a dual language immersion program may be recognized by the program and its local school district board of trustees using the following criteria.

   1. (1) The student must meet or exceed statewide student assessment passing standards, as required by the Texas Education Code, §39.024, in all subject areas at the appropriate grade level.
   2. (2) The student must meet or exceed expected levels of language proficiency on a recognized language proficiency test from the list of tests approved by the commissioner of education.

Source Note:The provisions of this §89.1613 adopted to be effective July 23, 2007, 32 TexReg 4548.