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From https://learningpolicyinstitute.org/product/bilingual-teacher-shortages-california-factsheet

Bilingual Teacher Shortages in California: A Problem Likely to Grow
By Desiree Carver-Thomas and Linda Darling-Hammond

The passage of Proposition 58 in November 2016 removes restrictions on bilingual education programs for California’s English Learner (EL) students, allowing California school districts to more easily create or expand bilingual and immersion programs. Proposition 58 amends and removes key components of Proposition 227 that, when passed in 1998, severely limited the extent to which schools could offer bilingual education. Now, schools and families have greater latitude to seek bilingual education, which will likely lead to increased demand for teachers with bilingual authorizations. Teachers in bilingual programs must be fluent in both English and the second language of instruction, as well as pedagogically skilled to support language acquisition and academic content mastery. Teacher shortages pose a unique challenge in this context. As districts and schools attempt to create or expand bilingual programs, they will have to vie for an already limited supply of fully prepared teachers, in addition to recruiting teachers with bilingual authorizations.

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