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Bilingual Parent Advisory Committee (BPAC)

The D219 Bilingual Parent Advisory Committee (BPAC) focuses on helping bilingual or multilingual parents and community members better understand how bilingual programming works so they may advocate for the academic needs of their students.While D219 is required to offer Transitional Bilingual Education programs for four languages (Spanish, Arabic, Assyrian, and Urdu), we welcome and encourage representation from additional languages to ensure all students have access to education resources.

BPAC requirements:

  • Meet four times per year
  • Receive training from the district to make informed decisions
  • Participate in planning, operation and evaluation of programs
  • Review the bilingual service plan, EL-Evidence-Based Funding Spending Plan (EL-EBF) and EL-EBF Expenditure Report submitted to ISBE
  • Create bylaws, post agendas, elect officers, etc.
  • Keep minutes of meetings

The Illinois State Board of Education also provides BPAC information and resources in multiple languages.