[Edling] Texas Protects Dual Language Education

[Francis Hult]

Language Magazine



Texas Protects Dual Language Education



Texas has been an advocate for dual language education since 1973 when former Governor Dolph Briscoe signed into law the Bilingual Education and Training Act, which abolished the English-only teaching requirement imposed in 1918. This April, Texas Senator José Rodríguez’s Senate Bill 159, which will help maintain and expand cutting-edge dual-language education in schools across the state, including programs in the El Paso Independent School District (EPISD), passed the Senate and will now move to the Texas House.



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