Alaska Statutes 14.30.400 – Bilingual-bicultural education
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Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 14.30.400
- attendance area: means the geographic area designated by the department to be served by a school. See Alaska Statutes 14.60.010
- department: means the Department of Education and Early Development. See Alaska Statutes 14.60.010
- regional educational attendance area: means an educational service area in the unorganized borough which may or may not include a military reservation, and that contains one or more public schools of grade levels K-12 or any portion of those grade levels that are to be operated under the management and control of a single regional school board. See Alaska Statutes 14.60.010
City or borough district school boards and regional educational attendance area boards shall provide a bilingual-bicultural education program for each school in a city or borough school district or regional educational attendance area that is attended by at least eight pupils of limited English-speaking ability and whose primary language is other than English. A bilingual-bicultural education program shall be provided under a plan of service that has been developed in accordance with regulations adopted by the department. Nothing in this section precludes a bilingual-bicultural education program from being provided for less than eight pupils in a school.