For each new student enrolling for the first time in a Texas public school in any grade from prekindergarten through Grade 12, the Texas Education Agency (TEA)-developed home language survey shall be administered. This home language survey will serve as the original and only home language survey throughout the student's educational experience in Texas public schools. 

To identify emergent bilingual students, school districts shall administer the state-approved English language proficiency test for identification to each student who has a language other than English as identified on the home language survey.

For placement into a bilingual education or ESL program, a student shall be identified as emergent bilingual using the following criteria.

 (1) In prekindergarten through Grade 1, the student's score(s) from the listening and/or speaking components on the state-approved English language proficiency test for identification is/are below the level designated for indicating English proficiency.

 (2) In Grades 2-12, the student's score(s) from the listening, speaking, reading, and/or writing components on the state-approved English language proficiency test for identification is/are below the level designated for indicating English proficiency.

For more information about the Home Language Survey, Language Assessments, or Program Eligibility, please contact the Multilingual Services Department at (972) 636-2413.