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Texas and English Language Learners

By immigrationprof

From Mary Ann Zehr of Education Week:

Texas Will Delay Fixing ELL Programs After All
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, in Tyler, Texas, has decided that Texas may wait to overhaul the state’s programs for secondary English-language learners until the appeals court decides if a lower court was correct in ruling that the state’s programs don’t comply with federal law.

William Wayne Justice, a senior U.S. district judge for the eastern district of Texas, Tyler division, ruled in July in U.S. v. Texas that Texas violates the federal Equal Educational Opportunities Act of 1974 by not providing adequate programs for secondary English-language learners in the state. He gave Texas until Jan. 31 to submit a plan for how to improve programs for ELLs in grades 7-12 and the state’s monitoring system for ELLs in all grades. Click here for the rest of the story.

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