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Multilingual/Language Development Department Illinois Advisory Council on Bilingual Education Secondary Subcommittee met Jan. 25

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Laura Gonzalez, Board Member | City of Aurora, IL, Government | Facebook

Laura Gonzalez, Board Member | City of Aurora, IL, Government | Facebook

Multilingual/Language Development Department Illinois Advisory Council on Bilingual Education Secondary Subcommittee met Jan. 25.

Here are the minutes provided by the subcommittee:

Attendees: Jean Barbanente, Ernesto Saldivar, Jr., Susanna Melon, Erica Craig, Franccela Lopez, Joshua Perdomo, Michelle Rodriquez, Christina Schmidt, Maureen McAbee, Josie Yanguas, Jill Kingsfield, Mireya Sanchez, Sandra Moran, Oriana Wilson, Brenda Escobedo, Kenyatta Starks, Limaris Pueyo, Ana Castellanos 

The meeting start time: 1:08 p.m. 

Introductions were made and meeting norms were established.

Discussion took place regarding transcripts of Newcomers. It was decided to invite Beata Arceo from CPS to a future meeting to discuss foreign transcript evaluations. Opportunities for newcomers were discussed including collaboration with community colleges. 

Erica Craig shared the work of the DELL Steering Committee related to proposed changes to the Home Language Survey. This IACBE Secondary Subcommittee Meeting Brief was shared. It was decided the committee would continue to meet and would bring recommended updates to the HLS and potential recommended language changes to the ISBE 228 Rules to the February 20th meeting of the IACBE Secondary Committee. 

The meeting was adjourned at 2:38 p.m. 

https://www.isbe.net/Documents_IACBE/20240125-Minutes.pdf