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ML Policies
Federal and state policies related to MLs
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 1974a | In Lau vs. Nichols, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld language minority students’ rights to equal education. It also described how equality for MLs implied much more than mere participation in the same schools as their Native-English speaking peers |
| 2012 | The Massachusetts Board of Education established additional regulations related to the teaching and learning of MLs in response to a suit from the DOJ. This included SEI preparation and professional development for teachers in SEI classrooms. |
| 2002a | Title III of No Child Left Behind created a grant program to support ML instruction. |
| 1964 | Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, prohibited discrimination on the basis of race, color, or national origin in federally funded programs. |
| 1974b | Lau vs. Nichols allows for Congress to pass the Equal Educational Opportunity Act (EEOA). This law prohibits discrimination against faculty, staff, and students and requires school districts to take action to overcome barriers to equal participation. |
| 1993 | The MA Education Reform Act aimed to equalize funding among districts, increase state spending on education, create curriculum frameworks, set high expectations for academic achievement, and create means for assessing student performance. |
| 2017 | Governor Baker signed a bill that will now allow MA school systems to teach MLs content in their native languages while they gain fluency in English. |
| 1970 | The U.S. Office of Civil Rights issued "Guidelines for School Districts Serving ELLs". This memo described how schools had responsibilities under civil rights law to provide an equal educational opportunity to MLs. |
| 1981 | The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld claims that the language programs in a Texan school district violated the EEOA. In Castañeda v. Pickard the courts set a 3-pronged test to determine whether school programs complied with the provisions of EEOA. |
| 2002b | Ballot Question #2 replaced previous state law that provided for transitional bilingual education for MLs. Chapter 71 A of the MA General Laws required that all public school children be taught in English and be placed in English language classrooms. |
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