| TO: | Honorable Rob Eissler, Chair, House Committee on Public Education |
| FROM: | John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board |
| IN RE: | HB2759 by Martinez Fischer (Relating to transfer of a student of limited English proficiency out of a public school bilingual education or special language program.), As Introduced |
This bill would provide that a student may be transferred out of a bilingual education or other special language program if the student demonstrates proficiency in both the student’s primary language and English, exhibits satisfactory performance on the reading assessment instrument in English, and exhibits other indications of the student’s overall progress. The provisions of the bill would apply beginning with the 2009–2010 school year.
No fiscal impact to the state is anticipated.
| Source Agencies: | 701 Central Education Agency
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| LBB Staff: | JOB, JSp, JGM, JSc
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