Dual language immersion: Dual Language Immersion Coordinator.

Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary and digest do not provide specific details on how local educational agencies will be reimbursed for their part in establishing the directory, leaving some uncertainty about funding mechanisms.

Dual Language Immersion Coordinator

This law requires the State Department of Education to appoint a Dual Language Immersion Coordinator by July 1, 2027, who will help local schools start or expand dual language immersion programs and maintain an online directory of such programs.

What This Bill Does

• Requires the department to designate a Dual Language Immersion Coordinator on or before July 1, 2027.
• The coordinator acts as a point of contact for local educational agencies seeking to establish new or expand existing dual language immersion programs.
• Requires the coordinator to create and maintain an online directory of operative dual language immersion programs by January 1, 2028.

Who It Names or Affects

• State Department of Education
• Local educational agencies

Terms To Know

Dual Language Immersion Coordinator

A person in the State Department of Education who helps local schools start or expand dual language immersion programs.

Local Educational Agencies

School districts and other organizations that run public schools.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not specify how the coordinator will be funded.
• It is unclear if local educational agencies will receive additional funding for their role in creating the directory of dual language immersion programs.

Official Summary Text

AB 2332, as introduced, Mark González.
Dual language immersion: Dual Language Immersion Coordinator.
Existing law appropriates $10,000,000 from the General Fund for the 2021–22 fiscal year to the Superintendent of Public Instruction to administer the Dual Language Immersion Grant Program for the purpose of expanding access to quality dual language learning and fostering languages that English learners bring to California’s education system. Under that program, the State Department of Education is required to award a minimum of 25 one-time Dual Language Immersion Grants over a period of 3 fiscal years of up to $380,000 per grant to an eligible entity to expand or establish dual language immersion programs.
This bill would require the department, on or before July 1, 2027, to designate a Dual Language Immersion Coordinator to provide coordination between local educational agencies, as defined, to share resources and knowledge on dual language
immersion programs, as defined. The bill would require the Dual Language Immersion Coordinator to (1) act as the point of contact within the department for local educational agencies seeking to, among other things, establish new or expand existing dual language immersion programs, and (2) establish, publish, and maintain on the department’s internet website, on or before January 1, 2028, a directory of operative dual language immersion programs, as specified. To the extent the bill would impose additional duties on local educational agencies relating to the establishment and maintenance of the directory, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.
This bill would provide that, if the
Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.

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