§ 20-30-9-7 — Development and establishment of bilingual-bicultural educational services and programs

Indiana § 20-30-9-7

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 20: EDUCATION
• Art. 30: CURRICULUM
• Ch. 9: Bilingual and Bicultural Instruction

Text

The secretary of education may assist and
stimulate school corporations in developing and establishing
bilingual-bicultural educational services and programs specifically
designed to improve educational opportunities for non-English
dominant students. Funds may be used for the following:
(1) To provide educational services not available to the
non-English dominant students in sufficient quantity or quality,
including:
(A) remedial and compensatory instruction, psychological, and
other services designed to assist and encourage non-English
dominant students to enter, remain in, or reenter elementary or
secondary school;
(B) comprehensive academic instruction and career and
technical instruction;
(C) instructional materials (such as library books, curricular
materials, and other printed or published or audiovisual
materials) and equipment;
(D) comprehensive guidance, counseling, and testing services;
(E) special education programs for persons with disabilities;
(F) preschool programs; and
(G) other services that meet the purposes of this subdivision.
(2) To establish and operate exemplary and innovative
educational programs and resource centers that involve new
educational approaches, methods, and techniques designed to
enrich programs of elementary and secondary education for
non-English dominant students.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education
Recodification Citation: 20-10.1-5.5-2.]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.14. Amended by P.L.234-2007, SEC.110; P.L.286-2013, SEC.97; P.L.43-2021, SEC.101.