Schools aim to keep bilingual programs.
Writer Several Bay Area school districts will get a chance to argue for preservation of their bilingual education programs before the state Board of Education next week. The board's decision follows an order issued last week by an Alameda County Superior Court judge in a lawsuit filed by the Berkeley, Hayward and Oakland school districts to get the state board to consider their waiver requests. It was not clear last week, however, whether the board would review just the waivers of the three East Bay school districts that sued, or other districts as well. Board attorney Rae Belisle said Wednesday that officials have concluded the court ruling applied to all districts that have filed waiver requests with state. More than 40 districts have now filed for waivers.