Transitional Bilingual Instruction
The board has the highest commitment toward ensuring an equal educational
opportunity for every student. While English is the basic language of instruction
in the district's schools, the district shall provide a transitional bilingual
program for children whose primary language is not English, and whose English
skills are sufficiently deficient or absent to impair learning.
The district and its staff shall:
- Communicate, whenever feasible, with parents of students in the bilingual
program in a language they can understand, and,
- Provide inservice training for teachers, counselors, and other staff
who are involved in the district's transitional bilingual program, including
alternative instructional programs, on appropriate instructional strategies
for students of culturally different backgrounds and use of curriculum materials
and program models.
For purposes of providing such services, the superintendent shall establish
procedures for identifying eligible students, evaluating a student's previous
course work, and granting credit to a student for purposes of graduation.
Current practice codified 1988
Adopted:
5/7/90
LEGAL REFS.:
RCW 28A.58.800/810
WAC 392-122-700 through 392-122-710
WAC 392-160, generally