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CA AR43
Resolution
Status
Introduced
8/30/2012
Primary Sponsor
Mike Davis
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AI Summary
- Encourages policymakers to provide resources for educators to develop assessment mechanisms to identify standard English learners and provide targeted language instruction
- Recognizes that approximately two million standard English learners in California's school system come from diverse backgrounds and have unique linguistic and instructional needs
- Notes that 42 percent of standard English learners achieve at basic, below basic, and far below basic proficiency levels in English language arts on California Standards Tests
- References landmark Supreme Court cases (Lau v. Nichols, 1974 and Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School Children v. Ann Arbor School District Board, 1979) establishing rights to linguistically appropriate accommodations for limited English proficient students
- Directs the Chief Clerk of the Assembly to transmit copies to the Governor, Superintendent of Public Instruction, and the bill's author for distribution
Legislative Description
Relative to standard English learners.
Last Action
Referred to Com. on RLS. From committee: Be adopted. Ordered to third reading. (Ayes 7. Noes 3.) (August 31). Read. Adopted. (Page 6761.).
8/31/2012
Full Bill Text
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