MALDEF Lawsuit Seeks Better Bilingual Education in Texas

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Lawsuit Seeks Better Bilingual Education in Texas
Posted on Thursday, February 09 @ 12:16:31 MST by editor


Latino Civil Rights Organizations File Legal Action to Improve Bilingual Education Programs in Texas

San Antonio - MALDEF, the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, and META, the Multicultural Training, Education and Advocacy, Inc., filed a motion on behalf of LULAC and the American GI Forum seeking to require Texas to monitor, enforce, and supervise the State’s bilingual education and ESL program for English Language Learner (ELL) students in Texas pubic schools.

GI Forum State Commander Paul Herrera stated “Texas has failed to ensure equal educational opportunities for the over 600,000 English Language Learner students in our public schools. The State’s neglect of its duties has failed these students for 25 years and now it’s time for the State to stop the passing the buck and address its failures by implementing the program the way it was meant to be.â€