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Board reviews revisions to multilingual education policy; CLDE director and experts consulted
Summary
Directors and staff reviewed proposed changes to IHBEA and other CLDE-related policies, including language about biliteracy and pedagogy; staff said the revision drew on district leadership and external experts and emphasized formative language assessment, coaching and growing full-time CLDE coaches at most schools.
Board members discussed proposed revisions to policies that guide services for multilingual learners, including IHBEA (choice of bilingual and English learner programming) and related regulations.
Amy Fairbanks, director of the Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Education (CLDE) department, and other CLDE leaders described the review process. Fairbanks said the policy changes were vetted with long-term colleagues and regional experts in bilingual and dual-language education to align wording with current instructional research and equity framing. She told the board the consultation list included regional CLDE directors and university and…
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