Arizona: Hearing scheduled on English education

[Francis Hult]

The Arizona Republic

 

Hearing scheduled on English education

 

A federal judge in Phoenix has scheduled a wide-ranging November hearing on the adequacy and funding of Arizona's programs for educating students who are learning English.

 

In the meantime, U.S. District Judge Raner C. Collins on Friday left intact a state mandate that school districts begin using a new instructional model that many districts contend is inadequately funded.

 

The broad scope of the 10-day hearing in Tucson ordered by Collins is a win for lawyers for plaintiffs in the case, a class-action lawsuit on English Language Learning Programs for approximately 135,000 students. 

 

Republican legislative leaders argued that most issues in the case, including changes made in response to previous court orders, have been resolved already.

 

Collins agreed with the plaintiffs that he should consider a range of funding issues as well as whether the state satisfied a comprehensive order issued in 2000 by the previous judge in the case, originally filed in 1992.

 

However, the plaintiffs' lawyers didn't get everything they wanted.

 

Full story:

http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/2008/07/27/20080727englishlearning0727.html

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