SB 6746 - DIGEST

Provides that beginning with the 2004-05 school year: (1) Each school district shall administer elementary, middle, and high school classes or programs that provide instruction in Spanish and a Chinese language. The classes or programs shall be offered in grades four through ten and may be offered outside the regularly scheduled school day as an after or before-school or weekend class or program.

(2) Each student shall be required to take a class or participate in a program established under this act and receive instruction in Spanish or a Chinese language.

(3) Each school district shall provide every student the opportunity to purchase, at a minimal cost, workbooks to supplement the instruction received by the student in a class or program established under this act.