Bill Title: Amends the Transitional Bilingual Education Article of the School Code. Provides that the Advisory Council on Bilingual Education shall deliver a report to the General Assembly on how to incentivize dual language instruction in schools, and that the report shall 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.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-0)

Status: (Passed) 2023-07-28 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0362 [HB3822 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

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Voting Records

Chamber	Vote	Date	Yea	Nay	NV	Abs	Total	Result	Source	View
Senate	Third Reading in Senate	2023-05-04	53	0	6	0	59	Passed	Link	View
House	Third Reading in House	2023-03-23	70	34	1	2	107	Passed	Link	View

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