Examining the proposal shows these suspicions are warranted, though the front page placement of the story in the metropolitan edition of the New York Times would seem to indicate otherwise. The Board suggested that limited-English students no longer be automatically placed in bilingual classes, but as attorneys made clear, the court order requires exactly this, so the Board's position is moot. Anyway, the substantive difference between automatic in theory and automatic in practice is not an enormous one, and California's pre-Prop. 227 programs were always voluntary in theory.
Some bad policies seem to have gained immortality.
Bilingual Overhaul Gives Pupils Greater Choice New York Daily News , Tuesday, February 27, 2001. Don't Cast Vote for Failure, Editorial New York Daily News , Saturday, February 24, 2001.