Transitional Bilingual Early-Exit

Transitional bilingual/early exit is a bilingual program model in which students identified as Emergent Bilinguals are served in both English and Spanish and are prepared to meet reclassification criteria to be successful in English-only instruction not earlier than two or later than five years after the student enrolls in school.

The goal of early-exit transitional bilingual education is for program participants to use their primary language (Spanish) as a resource while acquiring full proficiency in English.

Phased Implementation of the One-Way Dual Language Immersion Program

As the district phases in One-Way Dual Language (OWDL) in grades PK through 3rd in 2024-2025, grades 4th and 5th will continue the implementation of the current Transitional Bilingual Early-Exit (TBEE) model. FBISD will offer two models of bilingual programming (TBEE and OWDL) until the final group of students taught with the TBEE model have transitioned to middle school at the end of the 2025-2026 school year.