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[Author Prev][Author Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Author Index][Thread Index] Re: quick help needed in VA
I suggest you telephone Delia Pompa or Patricia Loera at Nat Assn of Bilingual Educators (NABE) in DC at 202-293-7828 (might be 2828). Use my name, say it is an emergency re: bad VA legislation. Maybe they are already on it. Try also Raul Gonzalez at Nat Council of La Raza 202-776-1760, he may not be the person there to address this issue but he can send you to people. Again, use my name. Monty Mickey VanDerwerker wrote: > > Hi all, > I know that there has been talk on this list about ESL issues. We have a bill > coming up soon (like tomorrow a.m. or Friday a.m.) that I would like to speak > to but need some pertinent facts. The bill in question is posted below. If I > get to speak to it, it will be brief. > BTW, Juanita, in VA, PAVURSOL is working quite extensively on legislative > relief for high stakes tests. It is hard, messy work. We'll update you all > when the smoke (and mirrors) clear. Our story on the 1/2 million tests that > misclassified our students is also starting to gather steam.... > Mickey > Programs for limited English proficiency students. Prohibits school boards, > when designing programs to promote the education of children with limited > English proficiency and to enhance achievement through a proven instructional > method, from operating bilingual programs or English as a Second Language > courses that are content oriented and conducted in a language other than > English. This bill requires the school boards to implement English-immersion > programs exclusively. This provision must not, however, be construed to > prohibit or restrict school boards in using bilingual teachers or other > bilingual personnel and volunteers in communicating with limited English > proficiency students and their families in their native or first language. > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the ARN-L list, send command SIGNOFF ARN-L > to LISTSERV@LISTS.CUA.EDU. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the ARN-L list, send command SIGNOFF ARN-L to LISTSERV@LISTS.CUA.EDU.
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