English Proficiency Requirement for program admission:  

Effective October 17, 2017, 19 Texas Administrative Code §227.10 and 19 Texas Administrative Code §230.11 require that, as a condition of acceptance to an EPP such as ECAP, and as a condition of certification, an applicant must provide one of the following as documentation of English proficiency.

1. Official transcripts showing a Bachelor’s degree or higher degree from an accredited institution of higher education in the United States
2. Applicants in CTE areas that do not require a Bachelor’s degree may submit a high school diploma from an accredited high school in the United States or transcripts with a posted Associate’s degree or higher from an accredited institution of higher education in the United States.
3. An original detailed report or course-by-course evaluation for professional licensing of all college-level credits prepared by a foreign credential evaluation service recognized by the TEA staff indicating the U.S. equivalent of a bachelor’s degree or higher from any of the countries listed here: TOEFL Exemption Countries. Go to TEA Evaluation Providers for a list of TEA-recognized foreign credential evaluation service providers.
4. TOEFL exam scores
   • 24 for speaking,
   • 22 for listening,
   • 22 for reading, and
   • 21 for writing.
• TOEFL exam scores as follows from one or more TOEFL iBT exam attempts within 2 years of the application date with ECAP:
• TOEFL iBT instructions can be found at TOEFL Registration.
• TOEFL exam scores must be submitted to ECAP by ETS using our entity code: B054. Our entity name in the TOEFL registry is Education Career Alternatives Program. Score sheets issued directly to the test taker cannot be accepted by ECAP.
• Instructions for ordering TOEFL exam scores from ETS can be found at TOEFL Score Delivery.

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