Budget Amendment ID: FY2015-S4-507

EDU 507

Sheltered English Immersion (SEI) Training

Messrs. Hedlund, Tarr and Ross moved that the proposed new text be amended moved that the bill be amended Section XX.  Section 38Q of Chapter 71 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2012 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following paragraph: "Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, public school educators shall be eligible to participate in state funded Sheltered English Immersion (SEI) training regardless of the number of English Language Learners (ELLs) enrolled in their school district at the time of said training."