A seal of biliteracy encourages students to pursue biliteracy skills that are attractive to future employers and college admissions office.
Florida seal of biliteracy on diploma.
A biliteracy means attainment of a high level of competency in listening speaking reading and writing in one or more foreign languages in addition to english which is signified on a high school graduate s diploma and transcript as either a gold seal of biliteracy or a silver seal of biliteracy.
Our vision is to help students recognize the value of their academic success and see the tangible benefits of being bilingual.
This june 2019 our daughter just got the ca state seal of biliteracy in her high school diploma for mastering in the dominium of spanish.
Development 6a 1 09951 to establish the requirements for determining qualifications for students to earn a gold or silver seal of biliteracy designation on their diploma and high school transcript.
The florida silver seal of biliteracy is awarded to a student who has earned a standard high school diploma and who have satisfied one of the following criteria for eligibility.
The commissioner of education shall award the seal of biliteracy upon graduation to a high school student who meets the qualifications in this section.
The seal of biliteracy is an award given by a school school district or state in recognition of students who have studied and attained proficiency in two or more languages by high school graduation.
This wonderful gold seal equals to much more than 4 years of study it opens the huge and wonderful door to the.
Below you will find more information about the florida seal of biliteracy.
Has earned four 4 foreign language course credits in the same foreign language with a cumulative 3 0 grade point average or higher on a 4 0 scale.
The purpose of this rule development is to create a rule for the seal of biliteracy program.
The state seal of biliteracy ssb per assembly bill 815 brownley chapter 618 statutes of 2011 became effective january 1 2012 and was amended in 2017 per ab 1142 effective january 1 2018 this program recognizes high school graduates who have attained a high level of proficiency in speaking reading and writing one or more languages in addition to english.
2 the florida seal of biliteracy program is established to recognize a high school graduate who has attained a high level of competency in listening speaking reading and writing in one or more foreign languages in addition to english.
The florida seal of biliteracy was founded in 2016 and has two award levels.
In addition to the seal of biliteracy that marks attainment of high level mastery of two or more languages schools and districts are also.
The following is guidance provided by the senate bill 17 123 to guide districts through implementing the pathway of the seal of biliteracy for high school diplomas.
