The commissioner shall provide technical assistance to districts receiving aid pursuant to section 124D.65 and to postsecondary institutions for preservice and in-service training for bilingual education teachers and English as a second language teachers employed in educational programs for English learners, teaching methods, curriculum development, testing and testing mechanisms, and the development of instructional materials for these educational programs.
History:1980 c 609 art 3 s 20; 1982 c 548 art 3 s 25; 1993 c 224 art 13 s 47; 1998 c 397 art 2 s 135,164; art 11 s 3; 2012 c 239 art 1 s 33