California Proposition 58 (2016)

Proposition 58
English Proficiency. Multilingual Education. Initiative Statute.
Source: California Secretary of State[1]

Proposition 58 is a California ballot proposition that passed on the November 8, 2016 ballot. Proposition 58 repealed bilingual education restrictions enacted by Proposition 227 in 1998.

Proposition 58 passed by a wide margin.[2]

It preserves the requirement that public schools ensure students obtain an English language proficiency, require school districts to solicit parent/community input in developing language acquisition programs, require instruction to ensure English acquisition as rapidly and effectively as possible, and authorize school districts to establish dual–language immersion programs for both native and non–native English speakers.[3]

Under Proposition 58, the public school systems will have the right to choose the way they see more appropriate for their students to learn English more swiftly. They will choose the program they see as fit. The parents have a say on how the child will be taught. They will have the options to either be taught in an English-only environment, a bilingual environment, or any other program they deem fit for the students at each school. A bilingual environment would be a person of the students native language teaching them English. This also allows English speaking students to learn in another language.[3]

Had Proposition 58 not passed, students would have continued to be taught in an English-only environment, where the student is taught English by a teacher who only speaks English. This has been the way students have been taught since 1998 due to Proposition 227. Proposition 227 required limited English proficient students who were in separate classes to be put into regular classes, ended bilingual programs, and required students to be taught in an English environment. The way students have been learning English if it wasn't their native language would be the same as the past eighteen years.[4]

A California Department of Education spokesperson anticipated a shortage of bilingual teachers under Proposition 58. The number of bilingual credentials had fallen after Proposition 227's passage.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "2016 General Election Results". Retrieved November 17, 2016.
  2. ↑ Ulloa, Jazmine (November 8, 2016). "California will bring back bilingual education as Proposition 58 cruises to victory". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved November 17, 2016.
  3. 1 2 "Proposition 58. California General Election November 8, 2016. Official Voter Information Guide.". California Secretary of State. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  4. ↑ "California Proposition 227, the "English in Public Schools" Initiative (1998)".
  5. ↑ Renee, Alexa (November 9, 2016). "Prop 58: Higher demand for bilingual teachers not helping teacher shortage". ABC 10. Sacramento. Retrieved November 17, 2016.

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