Educacion Bilingue: Una Declaracion del Plan y Accion que Proponen los Regentes de la Universidad del Estado de Nueva York (Bilingual Education: A Statement of Policy and Proposed Action by the Regents of the University of the State of New York.)

Overview & Synopsis

The primary goal of the Regents in their bilingual education program is to provide equal educational opportunity for non-English-speaking children through activities capitalizing on their proficiency in their native language and developing competency in English. Two complementary goals are inherent: (1) a vitally needed national resource, the bilingual adult, will be developed and (2) the total learning community--pupils, lay persons, teachers, administrators--will profit from the contribution of bilingual education to promotion of better understanding among people. The Regents direct that such priorities as the following be established: (1) develop individualized teaching strategies and supportive curriculums that reflect the particular needs of the bilingual-bicultural child; (2) reallocate present funds for programs for non-English-speaking pupils in the areas of occupational education, general education, higher education, early childhood education, adult education, drug education, and education of the handicapped; and, (3) require increased use of E.S.E.A. Title I and Urban Education funds for bilingual and English as a second language programs. (Author/JM)