According to the State of Illinois School Code, when an attendance center has an enrollment of 20 or more limited English proficient students of the same language classification, the school district must establish transitional Bilingual program for each classification represented by such students.

These programs are designed to assist students who come from backgrounds in languages other than English and who need specialized instruction to continue progress in school.

A transitional Bilingual Education Program includes the following components:

• Instruction in subjects in the student's home language and in English;
• Instruction in the language arts in the student's native language and in English as a Second Language;
• Instruction in the history and culture of the country, territory, or geographic area which is the native land of the students or of their parents and in the history and culture of the United States.

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