103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB3822

 

Introduced 2/17/2023, by Rep. Abdelnasser Rashid

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
105 ILCS 5/2-3.196 new

    Amends the State Board of Education Article of the School Code. Provides that the State Board of Education shall deliver a report to the General Assembly on how to incentivize dual language instruction in schools. Provides that the report shall also include: (i) expanding dual language programs and instruction, (ii) developing a strategic plan for scaling dual language programs, (iii) possible public-private partnerships to expand dual language programs, (iv) potential funding mechanisms and models, including how to leverage the use of existing State and federal resources and how to sustain funding for dual language programs, (v) how to build the supply of qualified teachers for dual language programs, including potential partnerships with private or nonprofit teacher preparation or development programs and college teacher preparation programs, potential alternative certification routes, exchange programs with other countries, and financial incentives, and (vi) standards for measuring student progress in dual language programs.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning education.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section
52-3.196 as follows:
 
6    (105 ILCS 5/2-3.196 new)
7    Sec. 2-3.196. Dual language report. Within one year of the
8effective date of this amendatory Act of the 103rd General
9Assembly, the State Board of Education shall deliver a report
10to the General Assembly on how to incentivize dual language
11instruction in schools. The report shall include: (i)
12expanding dual language programs and instruction, (ii)
13developing a strategic plan for scaling dual language
14programs, (iii) possible public-private partnerships to expand
15dual language programs, (iv) potential funding mechanisms and
16models, including how to leverage the use of existing State
17and federal resources and how to sustain funding for dual
18language programs, (v) how to build the supply of qualified
19teachers for dual language programs, including potential
20partnerships with private or nonprofit teacher preparation or
21development programs and college teacher preparation programs,
22potential alternative certification routes, exchange programs
23with other countries, and financial incentives, and (vi)

 

 

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1standards for measuring student progress in dual language
2programs.