Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 72-3612

  • Board: means the board of education of any school district. See Kansas Statutes 72-3609
  • 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. See Kansas Statutes 72-3609
  • School district: means any public school district. See Kansas Statutes 72-3609
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201

The state board may adopt rules and regulations for the administration of this act and shall:

(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.