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Second Substitute H.B. 19

Representative Michael R. Styler proposes to substitute the following bill:


             1     
ENGLISH IMMERSION PROGRAMS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS

             2     
2000 GENERAL SESSION

             3     
STATE OF UTAH

             4     
Sponsor: Michael R. Styler

             5      AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS; REQUIRING LOCAL SCHOOL BOARDS TO
             6      IMPLEMENT ALTERNATIVE LANGUAGE SERVICES PROGRAMS FOR STUDENTS IN
             7      THEIR DISTRICTS WHO DO NOT SPEAK, READ, AND WRITE THE ENGLISH
             8      LANGUAGE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
             9      This act affects sections of Utah Code Annotated 1953 as follows:
             10      ENACTS:
             11          53A-13-108, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             12      Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
             13          Section 1. Section 53A-13-108 is enacted to read:
             14          53A-13-108. Alternative Language Services Programs.
             15          (1) Each local school board shall implement or demonstrate to the satisfaction of the State
             16      Board of Education the existence of an Alternative Language Services Program for students in the
             17      school district who do not speak, read, and write the English language.    
             18          (2) The program:
             19          (a) shall include at least one class per school day of English language instruction for each
             20      student;
             21          (b) should have content area classes taught by instructors who are trained to provide
             22      comprehensible input; and
             23          (c) shall have a component to encourage and facilitate parental involvement.
             24          (3) A student shall spend at least one full school year in the program, unless the director
             25      of the program or the director's designee, in consultation with the student and the student's parent,

             26      determines that the student has sufficiently mastered the skills of speaking, reading, and writing
             27      English fluently enough to learn in English prior to the year's end.
             28          (4) (a) The State Board of Education shall:
             29          (i) provide a model Alternative Language Services Program, which a local board may use
             30      to satisfy the requirement established in Subsection (1); and
             31          (ii) monitor each school district's program.
             32          (b) The state superintendent of public instruction shall include in the annual report
             33      required under Subsection 53A-1-301 (2)(d) information on the status and progress of each school
             34      district's program.
             35          (5) In accordance with Title 63, Chapter 46a, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, the
             36      State Board of Education may make rules that would allow a school district to combine appropriate
             37      grade levels in implementing its Alternative Language Services Program, most particularly in the
             38      rural areas of the state.
             39          (6) The program shall be funded under Section 53A-17a-131.4 .
             40          Section 2. Effective date.
             41          This act takes effect on July 1, 2000.

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