2261-S.E AMS ZARE GORR 459

ESHB 2261 - S AMD TO  S AMD (S-3077.2/09) 405

By Senator Zarelli

NOT ADOPTED 4/16/2009

    On page 61, line 28, after "program", strike all material through "English." On line 35 and insert, "; priorities for funding shall exist for the early elementary grades.  No moneys shall be allocated pursuant to this section to fund more than three school years of bilingual instruction for each eligible pupil within a district:  PROVIDED, That such moneys may be allocated to fund more than three school years of bilingual instruction for any pupil who fails to demonstrate improvement in English language skills adequate to remove impairment of learning when taught only in English."

EFFECT:  Retains current law provisions enabling the state to limit bilingual allocations to a district based on length of instruction. 

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