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House education committee favors SB 308 to protect dual-language immersion college credit pathway
Summary
The committee voted unanimously to recommend Senate Bill 308, which clarifies assurances for dual language immersion students and sets requirements for upper-level concurrent enrollment language courses and instructors.
Senate Bill 308, amendments to the state's dual language immersion (DLI) program, won a unanimous favorable recommendation from the House Education Committee after sponsors and the program's original architect described the changes and answered clarifying questions.
The bill's sponsor noted that the Utah Legislature established the dual language immersion program in 2008 and that the program now serves about 50,000 students in roughly 330 schools. Howard Stevenson, who said he sponsored the…
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