Legislative Session number- 85

Bill Name: SF0654

1E Relating to education; expanding the required academic standards to
instruction in world languages, providing for the application of a statewide
intermediate low standard of proficiency for students with limited English
proficiency (LEP); specifying a timeline for school districts to adopt
graduation requirements for world languages; requiring all colleges and
universities approved by the board of teaching to prepare persons for world
languages teacher licensure to implement certain program standards; requiring
the commissioner of education to designate a full time state coordinator to work
with school districts on developing world language programs; requiring
commissioner to evaluate district implementation plans; requiring the
commissioner to award grants for pilot world languages programs to school
districts and charter schools; appropriating money to the commissioner of
education for world languages teacher recruitment and pilot world languages
programs
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