Sec. 10-17a. Establishment of bilingual and bicultural program.

      Sec. 10-17a. Establishment of bilingual and bicultural program. Any local or regional board of education may establish at any level of instruction a bilingual and bicultural program of study involving a culture in which a language other than English is predominantly spoken, provided the purpose of such program shall be to enable children to become proficient in English. A private school may, with the approval of the State Board of Education, establish such a program of bilingual education.

      (1971, P.A. 432, S. 2; P.A. 78-218, S. 14.)

      History: P.A. 78-218 specified "local or regional" boards of education.

      Cited. 226 C. 704. Cited. 238 C. 1.