Any administrator who willfully violates it can be sued and held personally liable. . . . A number of elected officials and administrators may have to be driven into personal bankruptcy to get compliance before others start obeying the law. Others suggest the inconsistency is caused by confusion, not defiance. We're seeing all this variation. Teachers are scared.
Parents are confused.
Every possible scenario could be playing out right now. The major reason for inconsistency in implementing 227 is the waiver provision. Waivers can be filed at any time during the school year and renewed yearly. At first, fear At Heliotrope, which is located in the city of Maywood but is part of Los Angeles United, most children are in English-immersion classes, where instruction is exclusively or predominantly in English. Only 23 children with limited English sought waivers that allow them to remain in bilingual classes where instruction is predominantly in Spanish.