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Utah's dual language immersion program — which teaches students academic subjects in both English and a partner language — currently offers concurrent enrollment courses that let advanced high school students earn college credit. This bill strengthens that program, known as the Utah Language Bridge Program, by requiring that upper-division college courses offered through it be taught by qualified instructors who meet specific language proficiency and educational standards, and by allowing school districts to partner with universities outside their region if their local state university cannot provide a qualified instructor by April 1 of each year. The bill also requires the State Board of Education to calculate and report to the legislature the cost of expanding dual language proficiency assessments — which currently test students in grades 3 through 8 — all the way through grade 12, covering speaking, listening, reading, and writing.