Bill Text: AZ SB1397 | 2015 | Fifty-second Legislature 1st Regular | Introduced

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Bill Title: Pilot; structured English immersion exemption

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 11)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-02-04 - Referred to Senate ED Committee [SB1397 Detail]

Download: Arizona-2015-SB1397-Introduced.html

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REFERENCE TITLE: pilot; structured English immersion exemption

 

 

 

State of Arizona

Senate

Fifty-second Legislature

First Regular Session

2015

 

 

SB 1397

 

Introduced by

Senators Dalessandro, Pancrazi; Representatives Cardenas, Gabald�n, Gonzales: Senators Farley, Hobbs; Representatives Benally, Fernandez, Saldate, Velasquez

 

 

AN ACT

 

establishing the structured English immersion exemption pilot program.

 

 

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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1.  Structured English immersion exemption pilot program; report; delayed repeal

A.  The department of education shall conduct a five-year structured English immersion exemption pilot program and select up to ten high schools to participate in the pilot program, no more than two of which are located in a county with a population of at least two million persons.  The department of education shall establish application procedures and selection criteria for schools that wish to apply to participate in the pilot program.� At least two of the schools selected to participate in the pilot program shall be charter schools, one of which is located in a county with a population of at least two million persons.� Pupils who are classified as English language learners in schools that are selected to participate in the pilot program shall be exempt from the structured English immersion requirements prescribed in title 15, chapter 7, article 3.1, Arizona Revised Statutes, for the duration of the pilot program.

B.  Each school selected to participate in the pilot program must have been assigned a letter grade of A, B or C pursuant to section 15-241, subsection H.

C.  The department of education shall submit a report that summarizes the department's findings and conclusions about the effectiveness of the pilot program to the governor, the speaker of the house of representatives and the president of the senate on or before September 15, 2021.  The department shall provide a copy of the report to the secretary of state.

D.  This section is repealed from and after December 31, 2022.