Ind. Code § 20-30-14.5-3
State certificate of biliteracy created
Redline — January 1, 2018 → current.View current text →
Current — January 1, 2025
As of January 1, 2018
Sec. 3. (a) The state certificate of biliteracy is created to:
Sec. 3. (a) The state certificate of biliteracy is created to:
(1) encourage students to study languages;
(1) encourage students to study languages;
(2) certify the attainment of biliteracy;
(2) certify the attainment of biliteracy;
(3) provide employers with a method of identifying individuals with language and biliteracy skills;
(3) provide employers with a method of identifying individuals with language and biliteracy skills;
(4) provide postsecondary educational institutions with an additional method to recognize applicants for admission;
(4) provide postsecondary educational institutions with an additional method to recognize applicants for admission;
(5) prepare students with twenty-first century skills;
(5) prepare students with twenty-first century skills; and
(6) recognize the value of foreign language and native language instruction in public schools; and
(6) recognize the value of foreign language and native language instruction in public schools.
(7) strengthen intergroup relationships, affirm the value of diversity, and honor the multiple cultures and languages of a community.
(b) The receipt of the certificate demonstrates the attainment of a high level of proficiency by a graduate of a public or an accredited nonpublic high school, sufficient for meaningful use in college and a career, in one (1) or more languages in addition to English.
(b) The receipt of the certificate demonstrates the attainment of a high level of proficiency by a graduate of a public or a state accredited nonpublic high school, sufficient for meaningful use in college and a career, in one (1) or more languages in addition to English.
(c) A school corporation, a charter school, or an accredited nonpublic high school is not required to participate in the certificate program.
(c) A school corporation, a charter school, or a state accredited nonpublic high school is not required to participate in the certificate program.
Official source: Indiana General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Indiana statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.