Dual language immersion: Dual Language Immersion Coordinator.

Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary does not provide details on the specific resources local educational agencies must share with each other.

Dual Language Immersion Coordinator

This law requires the State Department of Education to designate a Dual Language Immersion Coordinator by July 1, 2027, who will act as a point of contact for local educational agencies and publish an online directory of dual language immersion programs.

What This Bill Does

• Requires the department to designate a person as the Dual Language Immersion Coordinator on or before July 1, 2027.
• The coordinator must act as a point of contact within the State Department of Education for local educational agencies seeking to establish new or expand existing dual language immersion programs.
• The coordinator needs to establish and publish 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 designated by the State Department of Education to provide coordination and act as a point of contact for local educational agencies regarding dual language immersion programs.

Local Educational Agencies

School districts and other organizations that manage public education in California.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not specify how the coordinator will be chosen.
• It is unclear what specific resources local educational agencies must share with each other.
• Local schools may need to pay for some costs related to establishing and maintaining their 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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