State Language Legislation – 1997-98
California
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SB 6 – Bilingual education
compromise bill, sponsored by Sen. Dede Alpert (D-San Diego); text
as amended, 3/23/98 by the Assembly; PASSED BY ASSEMBLY, 39-37, 4/20/98;
FINAL VERSION PASSED BY SENATE, 21-13, 5/4/98; VETOED BY GOVERNOR, 5/18/98;
veto
message; bill
status & analysis
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ACA 7 – Proposed constitutional amendment to
create a School Board Bill of Rights, shielding local districts from mandates
to use teaching methodologies that have not been tested and certified effective
by educational experts. If approved by 2/3 of the legislature, it would
be submitted to the voters. If approved by the voters, it would negate
the anti-bilingual education initiative scheduled for the June 2 ballot;
AMENDED BY ASSEMBLY, 1/13/98; bill
status & analysis
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AB 1206 – Anti-Ebonics; prohibits expenditure
of bilingual education funds "for the purpose of recognition of, or instruction
in, any dialect, idiom, or language derived from English"; SIGNED INTO
LAW by the Governor, 6 October 1997; bill
status & analysis
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Anti-Bilingual
Initiative – Proposition 227 would outlaw most bilingual education
programs; qualified for the June 2, 1998, ballot by Secretary of State,
12/23/97; full
text
Proposition
63 – Official English amendment to California state constitution (adopted
by voters, 1986)
California Legislature
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