Biliteracy effort seeks state seal for California students
California hosts diverse families and languages as 58 local districts develop biliteracy programs in English and languages such as Spanish Mandarin Cantonese Tagalog Vietnamese Armenian Arabic Korean French Italian or German. Last June about 5000 to 7000 students earned a biliteracy designation showing fluency in English and another language.
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A discussion on the history and push for a uniform California State Seal of Biliteracy. Since 1992 Glen Dale Unified sparked the idea, with AB 815 proposing one set of criteria and one seal design. Supporters argue biliteracy enhances job prospects and global communication for students.
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