New York State: $3.6 billion needed to fully fund English Language Learners, study finds

[Francis Hult]

Via lgpolicy...

$3.6 billion to fully fund English Language Learners, study finds
by Kelly Vaughan

Students who are still learning English need twice as much funding as
other students, says a policy brief released yesterday by the New York
Immigration Coalition. The brief was based on a new, as-yet-unreleased
study the Coalition commissioned from research and advocacy
organization Multicultural Education, Training, and Advocacy, Inc.
(META). At present, funding for English Language Learners (ELLs) is
approximately 1.5 times that of regular education students.

While the brief does not say how much additional funding the state
should provide per pupil, EdWeek blogger Mary Ann Zehr estimated it at
about $6,500 more for each ELL student than what is spent today.
Adding that much per student would be expensive. The study calculates
that New York State would have to spend a total of $3.64 billion on
ELLs, about 17% of total state aid to schools.


Full story:

http://gothamschools.org/2008/11/13/36-billion-to-fully-fund-english-language-learners-study-finds/


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