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Proposition 227 was approved in 1998, but repealed by Proposition 58 in 2016. In 2002, Unz backed a similar initiative, the Massachusetts English Language Education in Public Schools Initiative, [16] which was approved by 61.25% of the voters. [17]
Proposition 227 [2] was a California ballot proposition passed on the June 2, 1998, ballot. Proposition 227 was repealed by Proposition 58 on November 8, 2016. According to Ballotpedia , "Proposition 227 changed the way that "Limited English Proficient" (LEP) students are taught in California .
The initiative was reportedly financed by Silicon Valley multimillionaire Ron Unz, [2] while it was opposed by the Massachusetts legislature’s Joint Committee on Education, Arts and Humanities. [ 3 ]
In 2000, Arizona passed the English for Children initiative backed, again, by Ron Unz which mirrored California's Proposition 227 in replacing bilingual education programs with English immersion ones. Many Americans question whether bilingual education programs or English immersion models are the best route to helping students acquire English.
An Iowa school is catching flak for having no “rizz.”. A teacher in a school district near the Nebraska border is being accused of banning the word short for charisma along with over two dozen ...
The filing fee for submitting a proposition to the ballot has been raised by a factor of 10, from $200 to $2,000, following the signing of a law in September 2015. Originally lawmakers wanted to raise the fee to $8,000 but compromised on $2,000. The fee is refunded if the proposition makes it to the ballot.
The woman accusing Jay-Z and Sean “Diddy” Combs of sexually assaulting her when she was 13 can proceed anonymously (“at least for now”) in her lawsuit against the rappers, a judge ruled ...
In the video, Alisha highlights several items, including a $10 ONEDESIGN Home product and a $16.99 item from Marshalls, both featuring California Proposition 65 warnings.