Full Text of SB0620 96th General Assembly
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Sen. Michael Noland
Filed: 3/15/2010
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| AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 620
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 620 by replacing | 3 |
| everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| "Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Article | 5 |
| 14D as follows: | 6 |
| (105 ILCS 5/Art. 14D heading new) | 7 |
| ARTICLE 14D. DUAL LANGUAGE IMMERSION PROGRAMS | 8 |
| (105 ILCS 5/14D-5 new) | 9 |
| Sec. 14D-5. Legislative findings. The General Assembly | 10 |
| finds the following: | 11 |
| (1) All young children are capable of learning 2 | 12 |
| languages. Becoming bilingual has long-term cognitive, | 13 |
| academic, social, cultural, and economic benefits. | 14 |
| Bilingualism is an asset. | 15 |
| (2) School-aged children raised in households where |
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| the primary language spoken is not English often grow up | 2 |
| speaking both languages fluently, but are not instructed in | 3 |
| reading, writing, or learning content-specific vocabulary | 4 |
| in the other language. The dual language approach embraces | 5 |
| both languages and teaches bilingualism and biliteracy. | 6 |
| (3) Loss of the home language has potential negative | 7 |
| long-term consequences for the English language-learning | 8 |
| child's academic, social, and emotional development, as | 9 |
| well as for family dynamics. | 10 |
| (4) The need for bilingual employees in the workforce | 11 |
| has increased substantially in recent years with the growth | 12 |
| of technology and the globalized economy. | 13 |
| (5) Typical bilingual education programs aim to | 14 |
| transition students away from their native languages and | 15 |
| into English during the school day, while dual language | 16 |
| programs seek to support the students' linguistic | 17 |
| abilities in their native language and in a second | 18 |
| language. A limited number of communities in this State | 19 |
| have implemented successful dual language programs within | 20 |
| this State, aided by bilingual education funds. | 21 |
| (6) Dual language immersion academies are an effective | 22 |
| way to provide young students with the exposure they need | 23 |
| to learn to speak, understand, read, and write in a second | 24 |
| language, while being educated in the Illinois Learning | 25 |
| Standards. |
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| (105 ILCS 5/14D-10 new) | 2 |
| Sec. 14D-10. Purpose. The purpose of this Article is to | 3 |
| provide encouragement, assistance, and guidance to school | 4 |
| districts in the development and improvement of dual language | 5 |
| immersion programs. School districts shall continue to have the | 6 |
| authority and flexibility to design education programs for | 7 |
| bilingual students in response to community needs and may | 8 |
| continue to use funds provided under Article 14C of this Code | 9 |
| for the purposes of educating bilingual students in the manner | 10 |
| chosen by the school district, including for dual language | 11 |
| immersion programs. | 12 |
| (105 ILCS 5/14D-15 new) | 13 |
| Sec. 14D-15. Dual language immersion programs. The State | 14 |
| Board of Education shall provide funding to dual language | 15 |
| immersion programs beginning with pre-kindergarten or | 16 |
| kindergarten in schools where there are at least 20 English | 17 |
| language learners who speak the same home language. Funding | 18 |
| shall come through appropriations under Article 14C of this | 19 |
| Code and shall allow school districts to receive annual State | 20 |
| grants for providing programs teaching the Illinois Learning | 21 |
| Standards to students in both English and one other language. | 22 |
| The State Board of Education shall adopt rules setting forth | 23 |
| all of the following: | 24 |
| (1) The minimum requirements for a dual language | 25 |
| immersion program implemented by a school district, which |
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| shall require that the program serve students in | 2 |
| kindergarten through grade 5 at a minimum. | 3 |
| (2) The procedure by which school districts wishing to | 4 |
| receive a State grant may apply to the State Board of | 5 |
| Education. | 6 |
| (3) Standards by which any such program receiving a | 7 |
| State grant is to be evaluated. | 8 |
| (4) Reporting requirements for school districts | 9 |
| receiving State grants under this Article. | 10 |
| The State Board of Education shall submit a report to the | 11 |
| General Assembly 3 years after this Section is implemented | 12 |
| describing, at a minimum, the school districts that applied for | 13 |
| State grants each year, the school districts that received one | 14 |
| or more grant awards, the number of pupils enrolled in dual | 15 |
| language immersion programs, and the level of success that the | 16 |
| programs have had in educating pupils in 2 languages.
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 18 |
| becoming law.".
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