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:
A. Communicate, whenever feasible, with parents
of students in the bilingual program in a language they can understand; and
B. 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.
Legal
References: RCW 28A.180.010/080 Transitional Bilingual Instructional Program
WAC 392-160 Transitional Bilingual Instruction
Program
Adopted: March 2007