COBI 2015 - Critical Languages and Dual Immersion

Overview
Issues
Background
Financials

Sources Uses

FY 2016 Appropriation

The Critical Languages program began in FY 2008 as a pilot program to assist school districts and charter schools in providing instruction in the "critical languages" as defined by the federal National Security Language Initiative. These languages include Chinese, Arabic, Russian, Farsi, Hindi, and Korean. The pilot program assists students in acquiring foreign language skills and reinforces the academic, societal, and economic development benefits associated with critical language acquisition.

Critical language courses may be taught over the Utah Education Network's EDNET system or through the Electronic High School. Program courses may use paraprofessionals, fluent in the language being taught, to provide reinforcement and tutoring to students. By using the State's distance education network, students across the state can participate in a critical language class offered state-wide. The program increases the potential pool of students in order to build sufficient demand to offer the course.

Formula -- As a pilot program, the State Board of Education was tasked with establishing participation criteria for public schools. The program provides $6,000 per critical language taught at each of 20 schools. In addition, program funding provides schools with $100 per student that completes a course and $400 per foreign exchange student who completes a course.

Funding History

Funding Issues

Dual Immersion Growth

Additional funding will provide for the continuation of dual immersion programs into secondary schools based on language instruction from K-6 schools. Also, funding will allow for an expansion of 22 additional elementary schools to participate in the program.

Appropriation Overview

During the 2015 General Session, the Legislature appropriated for Fiscal Year 2016, $2,915,400 from all sources for Critical Languages and Dual Immersion. This is a 25.9 percent increase from Fiscal Year 2015 revised estimated amounts from all sources. The total includes $2,915,400 from the General/Education Funds, an increase of 25.9 percent from revised Fiscal Year 2015 estimates.

Appropriation Adjustments

In addition to statewide compensation and internal service fund cost increases, the following appropriation adjustments were made during the 2015 General Session:

DescriptionOngoingOne-Time Dual Immersion Growth$600,000$0

OngoingOne-TimeFinancing Source

$600,000$0Education Fund

Statute

The following statute governs the Critical Languages program.

UCA 53A-15-104 & 105 -- Section 104 enacts the Critical Languages Program and Section 105 enacts the Dual Immersion Program. Both statutes outline programmatic requirements, detail qualifying languages, and prescribe the distribution of funding.

Intent Language

HB0002: Item 2

The Legislature intends that the State Board of Education review the Pupil Transportation Allocation Formula and recommend ways to improve the formula to increase efficiency, simplify allocation methodology to school districts, and provide incentives for alternative transportation methods. The Legislature further intends that the State Board of Education report its recommendations to the Education Interim Committee and the Public Education Appropriations Subcommittee by October 31, 2015.

HB0002: Item 2

The Legislature intends that the State Board of Education and State Board of Regents provide joint recommendations on how to ensure that each concurrent enrollment course is taught by a qualified instructor, that credits earned by students count towards major and minor degree requirements at state colleges and universities, and that students are advised on the transferability of credits to private and out of state institutions. The Legislature also intends that these recommendations be reported to the Education Interim Committee and the Public Education Appropriations Committee by October 31, 2015.

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Sources of Finance	FY11 Actual	FY12 Actual	FY13 Actual	FY14 Actual	FY15 Approp	FY15 Change	FY15 Revised	FY16 Change	FY16 Approp
Education Fund	975,400	975,400	975,400	2,015,400	2,315,400	0	2,315,400	600,000	2,915,400
Education Fund, One-time	0	0	800,000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Beginning Nonlapsing	0	0	0	0	0	50,400	50,400	0	50,400
Closing Nonlapsing	0	0	0	(50,400)	0	(50,400)	(50,400)	0	(50,400)
Total	$975,400	$975,400	$1,775,400	$1,965,000	$2,315,400	$0	$2,315,400	$600,000	$2,915,400

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Categories of Expenditure	FY11 Actual	FY12 Actual	FY13 Actual	FY14 Actual	FY15 Approp	FY15 Change	FY15 Revised	FY16 Change	FY16 Approp
Other Charges/Pass Thru	975,400	975,400	1,775,400	1,965,000	2,315,400	0	2,315,400	600,000	2,915,400
Total	$975,400	$975,400	$1,775,400	$1,965,000	$2,315,400	$0	$2,315,400	$600,000	$2,915,400

COBI contains unaudited data as presented to the Legislature by state agencies at the time of publication. For audited financial data see the State of Utah's Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports.