An assignment in a departmentalized classroom for Reading (at or above 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. (1) Bilingual Generalist: Early Childhood-Grade 6.
2. (2) Bilingual Generalist: Grades 4-8.
3. (3) Core/Bilingual Education Spanish with Science of Teaching Reading: Early Childhood-Grade 6.
4. (4) Core/English as a Second Language Supplemental with Science of Teaching Reading: Early Childhood-Grade 6.
5. (5) Core/Fine Arts/Physical Education/Health with Science of Teaching Reading: Early Childhood-Grade 6.
6. (6) Core/Special Education with Science of Teaching Reading: Early Childhood-Grade 6.
7. (7) Core Subjects: Early Childhood-Grade 6.
8. (8) Core Subjects: Grades 4-8.
9. (9) Core Subjects with Science of Teaching Reading: Early Childhood-Grade 6.
10. (10) Core Subjects with Science of Teaching Reading: Grades 4-8.
11. (11) Core with Science of Teaching Reading: Early Childhood-Grade 6.
12. (12) Elementary English (Grades 1-8); Secondary English (Grades 6-8); Secondary English (Grades 6-12). 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.
13. (13) Elementary Reading (Grades 1-8).
14. (14) Elementary teacher certificate; Secondary, or all-level 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.
15. (15) English as a Second Language Generalist: Early Childhood-Grade 6.
16. (16) English as a Second Language Generalist: Grades 4-8.
17. (17) English Language Arts and Reading: Grades 4-8.
18. (18) English Language Arts and Reading with Science of Teaching Reading: Grades 4-8.
19. (19) English Language Arts and Reading: Grades 7-12.
20. (20) English Language Arts and Reading: Grades 8-12.
21. (21) English Language Arts and Reading/Social Studies: Grades 4-8.
22. (22) English Language Arts and Reading/Social Studies with Science of Teaching Reading: Grades 4-8.
23. (23) Generalist: Early Childhood-Grade 6.
24. (24) Generalist: Grades 4-8.
25. (25) Junior High School or High School--English.
26. (26) Junior High School or High School--English Language Arts, Composite; Secondary English Language Arts, Composite (Grades 6-8); 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.
27. (27) Junior High School or High School--Reading.
28. (28) Legacy Master Reading Teacher (Early Childhood-Grade 12).
29. (29) Reading Specialist.
30. (30) Reading Specialist (Early Childhood-Grade 12).
31. (31) Secondary Reading (Grades 6-8).
32. (32) Secondary Reading (Grades 6-12).

Source Note:The provisions of this §231.49 adopted to be effective August 15, 2013, 38 TexReg 5076; amended to be effective December 29, 2014, 39 TexReg 10474; amended to be effective October 8, 2015, 40 TexReg 6890; amended to be effective December 27, 2020, 45 TexReg 9183; amended to be effective July 21, 2022, 47 TexReg 4319; amended to be effective March 9, 2026, 51 TexReg 1386.