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Rep. Mike Fortner
Filed: 3/7/2012
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5898
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| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5898 by replacing |
| 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | | "Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section |
| 5 | | 14C-13.5 as follows:
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| 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/14C-13.5 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 14C-13.5. Required training; English Language Learner |
| 8 | | courses. With regard to the implementation of the |
| 9 | | recommendations of the Advisory Council on Bilingual |
| 10 | | Education, a school district may require teachers of English |
| 11 | | Language Learner students, who are participating in English |
| 12 | | Language Learner courses not taught by English Language |
| 13 | | Learner-certified teachers, to participate in a one-day |
| 14 | | training session regarding the challenges for English Language |
| 15 | | Learner students. The training may be in place of any State |
| 16 | | Board of Education-related rule regarding required contact |