After more than thirty years of bilingual education programs, there are many success stories that need to be brought to the public's attention. There needs to be wider dissemination of best practices. Academic excellence recognized by NABE - NABE should develop standards for what elements are necessary to have a quality bilingual education program. More needs to be done to attract new teachers to the field and to provide in- service opportunities for current professionals. Equity and civil rights - The bilingual education program was born out of the Supreme Court case, Lau v. Nichols.
Every child has a constitutional right to a free and appropriate public education.
Coalition building - Advocates for limited English proficient students and bilingual education need to broaden their outreach and build coalitions with other groups. Each working group was to develop an action plan with specific tasks and personal commitments from individual members. McA participated in the ESEA reauthorization group. Delia Pompa, director of the Office for Bilingual Education and Minority Language Affairs was also a member of this group. She pointed out that title VII was on a separate track from the other titles in ESEA and that the Administration is still studying the issue.