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Puerto Rico Language Policies Timeline

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  • English in all subjects

    English in all subjects

    U.S.A. introduces English teaching in all subjects in school, as soon as it tooked posetion of Puerto Rico.
  • English only in secondary levels.

    English only in secondary levels.

    Cmmisioner Brumbaugh and President Mckinley’s Commisioner of Education proposed English as language of instruction only the secondary schools.
  • Instruction in both English and Spanish.

    Instruction in both English and Spanish.

    Official Language Act granted official status to both English and Spanish.
  • Official Language Act is revoked.

    Official Language Act is revoked.

    Official Language Act is revoked and Roosevelt’s Commissioner of Education re-establishes English as medium of instruction in all grades.
  • Spanish was reinstated.

    Spanish was reinstated.

    Spanish was reinstated as the medium of instruction for the first four grades.
  • Jose Padin introduces new language policy.

    Jose Padin introduces new language policy.

    Commisioner Jose Padin introduce a language policy which required all subjects, except English, to be taught in Spanish in the first eight grades.
  • Once again; English as instruction.

    Once again; English as instruction.

    Governor Blanton S. Winthrop made English the language of instruction in all grades.
  • Winthrop’s policy is modify.

    Winthrop’s policy is modify.

    Winthrop’s policy was modified and English was to be taught in the secondary schools.
  • Governor Luis M. Marin established Spanish as the language of instruction

    Governor Luis M. Marin established Spanish as the language of instruction

    Governor Luis M. Marin established Spanish as the language of instruction in all grades, and English was to be taught for one period a day as a second language.
  • Spanish Only Law.

    Spanish Only Law.

    The PPD (Rafael Hernandez Colon)approved a law named “Spanish Only”.
  • The “Spanish Only” law is substituted.

    The “Spanish Only” law is substituted.

    The “Spanish Only” law was substituted by the “Law Number 1(Governor Pedro Rosello)” which established both English and Spanish as official languages in the island.
  • Education for the 21st Century.

    Education for the 21st Century.

    Governor Luis Fortuño proposed that all subjects should be taught in English, beginning with grades k-3rd. Puerto Rico begins with the Bilingual Education for the 21st Century, BEC 21 project for Elementary Schools and ES21 for Middle and High Schools.