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99 CIS H 341123
TITLE: Examining
the Bilingual Education Act
CIS-NO: 99-H341-123
SOURCE:
Committee on Education and the Workforce. House
DOC-TYPE: Hearing Retrieve
the full text of testimony
DATE: June 24, 1999
LENGTH:
iv+113 p. il.
CONG-SESS: 106-1
ITEM-NO: 1015-A; 1015-B
SUDOC: Y4.ED8/1:106-50
CIS DOCUMENT ON DEMAND:
1-800-227-2477 (Full Text Reproductions)
SUMMARY:
Committee Serial No. 106-50. Hearing before the Subcom on Early Childhood,
Youth, and Families to assess the effectiveness of elementary
and secondary bilingual education programs in teaching English language skills,
in connection with upcoming reauthorization of Department of Education bilingual
education assistance programs under the Bilingual Education Act which was
enacted as a part of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act
(ESEA) of 1965.
Supplementary material (p. 35-113) includes
witnesses' written statements.
CONTENT-NOTATION: Elem
and secondary educ bilingual assistance programs, extension and revision
DESCRIPTORS:
SUBCOM ON
EARLY CHILDHOOD, YOUTH, AND FAMILIES. HOUSE; ELEMENTARY
AND SECONDARY EDUCATION; BILINGUAL EDUCATION; FEDERAL AID TO EDUCATION;
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION; BILINGUAL EDUCATION ACT; ELEMENTARY AND
SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT
99-H341-123 TESTIMONY NO: 1
June 24, 1999 p. 7-34, 39-112
WITNESSES (and
witness notations):
FARLEY, JOSEPH M. (Associate
Superintendent, Oceanside, Calif., Unified School District)
BUJANDA, MARTHA D. (former Director, Community Outreach
Program, University of Dallas in Irving)
HATTON, SYLVIA R.
(Executive Director, Region One Education Service Center)
SOIFER, DON (Executive Vice President, Lexington
Institute)
AYALA, HECTOR (Co-Director, English for the
Children - Arizona)
STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION:
Experiences with bilingual education reform in Oceanside,
Calif.; suggestions for reauthorization of ESEA bilingual education programs,
including the need to involve parents in decision to place students in bilingual
education programs; analysis of bilingual education programs in Texas (related
materials, p. 78-89).
Benefits and efficacy of bilingual
education programs; need for bilingual education reform to improve educational
opportunities for students with limited English language proficiency.
CONTENT NOTATION:
Elem and secondary educ aid
programs, extension and revision, bilingual educ issues
TESTIMONY
DESCRIPTORS:
REGION ONE EDUCATION SERVICE CENTER;
CALIFORNIA; FAMILIES; OCEANSIDE, CALIF.; TEXAS; STUDENTS 
