BILL NUMBER: SB 298	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator De León

                        FEBRUARY 14, 2011

   An act to amend Section 30.5 of the Education Code, relating to
bilingual education.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 298, as introduced, De León. Bilingual education.
   Existing law establishes English as the basic language of
instruction in all schools. Existing law defines bilingual education
as a system of instruction which builds upon the language skills of a
pupil whose primary language is neither English nor derived from
English.
   This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to those
provisions relating to bilingual education.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 30.5 of the Education Code is amended to read:
   30.5.  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, bilingual
education  shall be defined as   means  a
system of instruction  which   that  builds
upon the language skills of a pupil whose primary language is
neither English nor derived from English. For purposes of this
 paragraph   section  :
   (1) "Primary language"  is   means  a
language, other than English or a language derived from English,
which is the language the pupil first learned.
   (2) "Derived from English" means  any   a
 dialect, idiom, or language derived from English. Both of the
following shall be construed as being derived from English:
   (A)  Any   A    dialect, idiom,
or language that has linguistic roots connected to English.
   (B)  Any   A  dialect, idiom, or
language that has a syntax distinct from English,  yet
  and  can be traced linguistically as derived from
English.
   (b) A school district shall not utilize, as part of a bilingual
education program, state funds or resources for the purpose of
recognition of, or instruction in,  any   a
 dialect, idiom, or language derived from English  , as
defined in paragraph (1)  .