Bill > H701

This bill establishes a new language education grant program administered by the Massachusetts Department of Education to support expanded language learning opportunities in schools. The program will provide grants to school districts, Horace Mann schools, and commonwealth charter schools to develop and enhance world language, second language, heritage language, and English language learner education programs. The grants aim to help students succeed academically and increase access to language education, with a specific goal of encouraging voluntary expansion of foreign language programs across the state. The Department of Education will develop guidelines for the grant program and its implementation. The commissioner of education will be responsible for annually evaluating the programs funded under this grant, assessing their potential for replication throughout Massachusetts, and providing technical assistance to school districts interested in adopting similar language education initiatives. The program will be subject to legislative appropriation, meaning funding will be dependent on the state budget allocation.

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https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H701