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Florida Senate - 2006 SB 522
By Senator Miller
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1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to foreign language instruction
3 in elementary schools; requiring the
4 implementation of districtwide programs of
5 Spanish instruction for grades K through 2;
6 providing requirements for the programs;
7 allowing the use of certain funding sources;
8 providing an effective date.
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10 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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12 Section 1. Districtwide Spanish instruction in K
13 through 2; requirements; funding.--By the 2007-2008 school
14 year, each school district shall implement a districtwide
15 foreign language program to provide students in kindergarten
16 through grade 2 with instruction in the Spanish language which
17 is designed to result in the student's communicating
18 competently in Spanish at his or her grade level. Each student
19 in the program must be provided with a minimum of 20 to 45
20 minutes of instruction, 5 days a week, from a certified
21 Spanish-language specialist. The Spanish instructor and the
22 classroom teacher must collaborate during the periods of
23 instruction. The school district may use grant funds or
24 private funds, as well as state funding, to support the
25 program.
26 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2006.
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3 Requires the implementation of districtwide programs of
Spanish instruction for grades kindergarten through 2.
4 Provides requirements for the programs. Allows the school
district to use grant funds or private funds, as well as
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