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| Title | Article: Judge Orders Texas to Fix Secondary-School Bilingual Ed |
| Body | From http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/5909036.html Judge orders Texas to fix secondary-school bilingual ed By JEFF CARLTON July 26, 2008 A federal judge on Friday gave the state of Texas until the end of January to come up with a plan to improve education programs for secondary school students with limited proficiency in English, criticizing the state education agency for "failing to ensure equal education opportunities in all schools." U.S. District Judge William Wayne Justice said the Texas Education Agency is violating the civil rights of Spanish-speaking students under the federal Equal Education Opportunity Act. Furthermore, the state's monitoring of programs for students with limited English-language skills is "fatally flawed" because of unqualified monitors, undercounting of students with limited English proficiency and arbitrary standards, Justice said. Read the entire article at http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/5909036.html . |
| Source | Houston Chronicle |
| Inputdate | 2008-07-30 01:33:09 |
| Lastmodifieddate | 2008-07-30 01:33:09 |
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| Publishdate | 2008-08-04 00:00:00 |
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