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| Title | No Graduation without English Skills, Bill Says |
| Body | From http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/newsline/archives/2007/02/no_graduation_w.html No Graduation without English Skills, Bill Says The Gazette (CO) February 1, 2007 Ed Sealover reports that Colorado students would have to be competent in English before graduating from high school under a bill that squeaked through the Senate Education Committee on Wednesday. The Colorado Department of Education currently has a comprehensive English language program in which children from households that speak other languages are tested on English proficiency. But Senate Bill 73 would go a step further and require each school district to define English competency and to specify how each student would demonstrate it before being allowed to graduate. The measure gives the districts until 2012 to come up with such programs. "I think we're a better society when everybody has the chance to participate in the good life by having strong English-language skills," said Senator Chris Romer, who sponsored the bill. However, opponents of the bill called it redundant with the statewide program, and warned of unexpected costs to the school districts if a large number of students fail the test and must repeat the 12th grade. The bill next moves to the Senate Appropriations Committee. Read the complete article at http://www.gazette.com/display.php?id=1329490&secid=1 . |
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