Bilingual classes are necessary, officials say.
State has refused to consider similar requests. The Los Angeles school board sought permission Thursday for 34 schools to continue bilingual education programs that would otherwise be prohibited by Proposition 227. Saying that the programs give student solid academic foundations, officials asked the State Board of Education to exempt the campuses from the English immersion law. If we produce a generation of students who speak two languages, what an achievement. The state board has refused to consider similar requests by 40 other school districts until it resolves pending litigation over Proposition 227.