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Committee backs K‑3 foreign language pilot, approving grants for districts to start early instruction
Summary
House Education advanced Senate Bill 2275, a pilot grant program to fund foreign language instruction for kindergarten through grade 3. Sponsor Senator Larry Lueck said early exposure improves language acquisition; the bill moved out of committee on a 13‑1 vote with a legislative fiscal referral.
Senator Larry Lueck presented Senate Bill 2275, a pilot program to provide grants to schools that offer foreign language instruction to students in kindergarten through grade 3. Lueck said the proposal is intended to expand early language learning opportunities and encourage districts to introduce language instruction at a stage when children acquire languages more readily.
Lueck described the…
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