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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Fox News</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Arizona</st1:place></st1:State> Seeks to Reassign Heavily Accented Teachers</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">After passing the nation's toughest state immigration enforcement law, <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Arizona</st1:place></st1:State>'s school officials are now cracking down on teachers with heavy accents.</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">The Arizona Department of Education is sending evaluators to audit teachers and their English speaking skills to make sure districts are complying with state and federal laws.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Teachers who are not fluent in English, who make grammatical errors while speaking or who have heavy accents will be temporarily reassigned.</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">"As you expect science teachers to know science, math teachers to know math, you expect a teacher who is teaching the kids English to know English," said <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Tom</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Home</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>, state superintendent of public instruction.</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">In 2000, voters passed a referendum which stipulated that instruction of these classes be offered only in English. Then in 2003, President Bush's No Child Left Behind act stated schools couldn't receive federal funding unless an English teacher was totally fluent in the language.</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Full story:</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/05/22/arizona-seeks-reassign-heavily-accented-teachers/</P></DIV></BODY></HTML>