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The Dismissive Period
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Senator S. I. Hayakawa
Constitutional Amendment making Enlgish the sole official language of the United States is introduced. -
President Reagan's declaration
“It is absolutely wrong and against American concepts to have a bilingual education program that is now openly, admittedly dedicated to preserving their native language and never getting them adequate in English so they can go out into the job market and participate” -
Terell Bell: Secretary of Education
Condemns the mandate for native language instruction as an intrusion on state and local responsibility. A federal government overstep. He returns the decision making abilities to the States. -
Plyler vs. Doe
A case in which the Supreme Court of the United States struck down a state statute denying funding for education to unauthorized immigrant children and simultaneously struck down a municipal school district's attempt to charge unauthorized immigrants an annual $1,000 tuition fee for each undocumented immigrant student to compensate for the lost state funding. -
Bilingual Education Act Amendment Provision
There is a three year limit on students' participation in a transitional bilingual education program or in special alternative instructional program. (Goal of LEP programs is the rapid acquisition of fluency in English) -
Proposition 227
Did away with bilingual education in California. Exaduarted and bloted studies fooled the voters into thinking that bilingual education was a waist of money.
