HB 5239 — AN ACT CONCERNING ACCOMMODATIONS FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS.

House of Representatives General Assembly RaisedFile Bill No.

5239466 February Session, 2022 LCOHouse Bill No.

15295239 ReferredHouse toof Representatives, April 13, 2022 The Committee on COMMITTEEEducation ONreported CHILDRENthrough IntroducedREP. by:

(KID)SANCHEZ, ANR. ACT CONCERNING ACCOMMODATIONS FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS.

of the 25th Dist., Chairperson of the Committee on the part of the House, that the bill ought to pass.

AN ACT CONCERNING ACCOMMODATIONS FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS.

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466 The following Fiscal Impact Statement and Bill Analysis are prepared for the benefit of the members of the General Assembly, solely for purposes of information, summarization and explanation and do not represent the intent of the General Assembly or either chamber thereof for any purpose.

In general, fiscal impacts are based upon a variety of informational sources, including the analyst’s professional knowledge.

Whenever applicable, agency data is consulted as part of the analysis, however final products do not necessarily reflect an assessment from any specific department.

OFA Fiscal Note State Impact:

None Municipal Impact:

None Explanation The bill, which requires local and regional school districts to provide English language learners reasonable accommodations, conforms statute to practice and does not result in a fiscal impact.

The Out Years State Impact:

None Municipal Impact:

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466 OLR Bill Analysis HB 5239 AN ACT CONCERNING ACCOMMODATIONS FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS.

SUMMARY This bill requires each local and regional board of education, beginning in the 2022-2023 school year, to offer any English language learner student reasonable accommodations on testing, assessments, and other school work.

Under the bill, accommodations may include, among other things, additional time to complete school work, tests, or assessments in a student’s native language, and a bilingual education or English as a second language program.

EFFECTIVE DATE:

July 1, 2022 BACKGROUND English as a Second Language and Bilingual Education Programs By law, an “English as a second language program” is one that uses only English as the eligible students’ instructional language and enables them to achieve English proficiency and academic mastery of subject matter content and higher order skills, including critical thinking, to meet appropriate grade promotion and graduation requirements.

Additionally, a “program of bilingual education” is one that:

1.

makes instructional use of both English and an eligible student’s native language;

2.

enables eligible students to achieve English proficiency and academic mastery of subject matter content and higher order skills, including critical thinking, to meet appropriate grade promotion and graduation requirements;

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provides for the continuous increase in the use of English and corresponding decrease in the use of the native language for instruction purposes within each year and from year to year, and provides for the use of English for more than half of the instructional time by the end of the first year;

4.

may also develop eligible students’ native language skills;

and 5.

may include English-proficient students’ participation if the program is designed to enable all enrolled students to become more proficient in English and a second language (CGS § 10-17e).

COMMITTEE ACTION Committee on Children Joint Favorable Change of Reference - ED Yea 13 Nay 0 (03/10/2022) Education Committee Joint Favorable Yea 39 Nay 0 (03/25/2022) HB5239 / File No.

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