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SB 910 Standards of Quality; state funding, ratios of teachers to English language learners.

Introduced by: Ghazala F. Hashmi | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE:

Instructional positions; students identified as having limited English proficiency. Requires, effective with the 2020-2021 school year, state funding to be provided pursuant to the general appropriation act to support 18.5 full-time equivalent instructional positions for each 1,000 students identified as having limited English proficiency and, effective with the 2021-2022 school year, 20 full-time equivalent instructional positions for each 1,000 students identified as having limited English proficiency. Current law requires state funding to support 17 such positions for each 1,000 such students. This bill is identical to HB 975.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Standards of Quality; state funding; ratios of teachers to English language learners. Requires state funding, pursuant to the general appropriation act, to be provided pursuant to Standard 2 of the Standards of Quality to support divisionwide ratios of English language learner students in average daily membership to full-time equivalent teaching positions as follows: (i) for each English language learner identified as proficiency level one, one position per 25 students; (ii) for each English language learner identified as proficiency level two, one position per 30 students; (iii) for each English language learner identified as proficiency level three, one position per 40 students; and (iv) for all other English language learners, one position per 58 students. Current law requires 17 full-time equivalent instructional positions for each 1,000 students identified as having limited English proficiency.