Dual Language Pathway
Programs
Program Goals
Who is eligible to enroll in Dual Language Immersion/Two-Way?
- Students in Pre-K through 2nd grade
- Spanish-speaking students, based on the Home Language Survey
- Students identified as Emergent Bilingual through a language assessment
- English-speaking students who commit to full participation in the program
- Students are selected through a lottery
- Priority is given to students with siblings already in the program or who live in the school’s attendance zone
- Additionally, a minimum five-year program participation commitment is required. Students who withdraw from the program will not be readmitted and will lose their seats.
- Transportation is not provided for students outside the attendance zone
What is Dual Language Pathway?
Following Board Goals direction and district’s Strategic Plan focused on Student Learning Design & Educational Equity, Dual Language Pathway implementation was recently approved by our Board of Trustees as Richardson ISD’s new bilingual program model.
Dual language is a research based program model used worldwide to foster language & literacy development. It has recently been recommended by TEA as the most successful bilingual model showing high academic achievement through the development of bilingualism, biliteracy, and socio-cultural competence among all participating students.
Dual language is an enrichment program that provides content instruction in both English & Spanish. Richardson ISD is offering One-Way Dual Language programming at all bilingual campuses. RISD launched the first Two-Way Dual Language program at Stults Elementary in 2023-2024.