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Committee advances dual language immersion bill to preserve advanced credit transferability and instructor qualifications
Summary
Senate Bill 308, which clarifies concurrent enrollment, instructor qualifications and transferability for Utah's Dual Language Immersion (DLI) 'Bridge' program, received a favorable recommendation from the Senate Education Committee after presenters from higher education and program advocates testified in support.
The Senate Education Committee voted to recommend Senate Bill 308, a bill that amends Utah’s Dual Language Immersion (DLI) and the Bridge concurrent‑enrollment pathway, to the full Senate.
Former Senator Howard Stevenson and university faculty described the history and aims of Utah’s DLI program, which began in 2008 and now serves tens of thousands of students in multiple languages. Stevenson said the bill’s purpose is to ensure that when students who have come up through DLI pass an Advanced Placement language exam in ninth grade, the concurrent enrollment language courses they take will be upper‑division courses that can count toward a…
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