(a) "School district" means any public school district.
(b) "Board" means the board of education of any school district.
(c) "State board" means the state board of education.
(d) "Department" means the state department of education.
(e) "Limited English proficient pupils" means national origin-minority pupils who because of their inability to speak, read, write and/or understand the English language are excluded from effective participation in the educational programs offered by a school district.
(f) "Qualified teacher" means a person employed by a school district for its bilingual education program who is: (1) A teacher qualified to instruct limited English proficient pupils as determined by standards established by the state board and who is so certified and endorsed by the state board; or (2) a paraprofessional qualified to assist certificated teachers in the instruction of limited English proficient pupils as determined by standards established by the state board and who is so approved by the state board.
(g) "Program" means a program of bilingual education designed primarily to develop the English language skills of limited English proficient pupils in order to integrate such pupils into regular educational programs and enable such pupils to progress toward the maximum of their abilities.
History: L. 1979, ch. 220, § 1; L. 1986, ch. 276, § 1; L. 1987, ch. 278, § 1; July 1.
(b) Boards shall employ qualified teachers for programs.
History: L. 1979, ch. 220, § 2; L. 1987, ch. 278, § 2; L. 1992, ch. 280, § 48; July 1.
History: L. 1979, ch. 220, § 3; July 1.
(a) Prescribe and adopt criteria and procedures for assessment and identification of limited English proficient pupils including identification of the specific educational deficiencies of such pupils;
(b) establish standards and criteria for procedures, activities and services to be provided in a program to develop the English language skills and to reduce the educational deficiencies of limited English proficient pupils including entry and exit procedures based on the English language proficiency of such pupils; and
(c) establish standards and criteria for reviewing, evaluating and approving school district programs.
History: L. 1979, ch. 220, § 4; L. 1986, ch. 276, § 2; L. 1992, ch. 280, § 49; July 1.
History: L. 1979, ch. 220, § § 5, 6; Repealed, L. 1992, ch. 280, § 68; July 1.
History: L. 1979, ch. 220, § 7; L. 1986, ch. 276, § 3; L. 1987, ch. 278, § 3; Repealed, L. 1992, ch. 280, § 68; July 1.
History: L. 1979, ch. 220, § 9; L. 1981, ch. 297, § 1; L. 1982, ch. 305, § 1; L. 1986, ch. 276, § 4; Repealed, L. 1992, ch. 280, § 68; July 1.
(b) Any balance remaining in the bilingual education fund at the end of the budget year shall be carried forward into the bilingual education fund for succeeding budget years. Such fund shall not be subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 79-2925 through 79-2937, and amendments thereto. In preparing the budget of such school district, the amounts credited to and the amount on hand in the bilingual education fund, and the amount expended therefrom shall be included in the annual budget for the information of the residents of the school district. Interest earned on the investment of moneys in any such fund shall be credited to that fund.
(c) Each year the board of education of each school district shall prepare and submit to the state board a report on the bilingual education program and assistance provided by the district. Such report shall include information specifying the number of pupils who were served or provided assistance, the type of service provided, the research upon which the district relied in determining that a need for service or assistance existed, the results of providing such service or assistance and any other information required by the state board.
History: L. 1979, ch. 220, § 8; L. 2005, ch. 152, § 41; L. 2006, ch. 197, § 27; July 1.
History: L. 1979, ch. 220, § 10; L. 1986, ch. 302, § 2; L. 1987, ch. 278, § 4; July 1.