[Lgpolicy] USA - How States Can Reinforce English Learners’ Civil Rights

[Francis M. Hult via Lgpolicy]

New America

How States Can Reinforce English Learners’ Civil Rights

Since taking office in January, President Donald Trump and his
administration have upended all aspects of the federal government,
including calling on Secretary of Education Linda McMahon to dismantle the
U.S. Department of Education (ED). This executive order came on March 20,
one week after Secretary McMahon instituted drastic staffing cuts and
placed 1,315 ED employees (nearly 50 percent of the agency’s staff) on
administrative leave. The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) was one of the
hardest hit departments, with seven of twelve regional offices shuttered
and 243 employees placed on leave. These cuts also effectively shut down
the Office of English Language Acquisition (OELA).

These actions put English learners (ELs), whose access to equal educational
opportunities depends on federal civil rights frameworks, in a precarious
position. Given the persistent attacks on federal institutions and
continuing volatility of the Trump administration, states interested in
maintaining the current standard of protection for EL-identified students
should bolster their legal and regulatory frameworks for ELs by doing the
following:

Full text:
https://www.newamerica.org/education-policy/edcentral/how-states-can-reinforce-english-learners-civil-rights/
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