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Bills in favor of bilingual education in committee
United Press International
AUSTIN — Despite a federal court order re
quiring sweeping expansion of Texas’ bilingual
education program, bills to bring the state in
ompliance with that order still are lodged in
House and Senate committees with less than four
weeks remaining in the session.
Sen. Carlos Truan, D-Corpus Christi, who ex
pects his bill to come before the Senate Educa
tion Committee today says he has the votes to
favorably send his measure out of committee and
jn to the Senate floor for approval.
‘I would be concerned if we don’t get the bill
jut of the education committee this week and
hen out of the Senate early next week,” Truan
:aid.
“By next week we ll have three weeks, so any
thing that is left over for the last week — anything
can happen. I’m trying to avoid that. We’ve been
trying to get the bill drafted in such a way that we
all can agree on it.”
Bilingual education programs in Texas cur
rently are provided only in kindergarten through
third grade and Truan’s measure would extend
them through elementary school. It would re
quire bilingual education in any district where 20
or more students in any grade speak the same
language other than English. The state would
spend about $150 for each student in the biling
ual education program. If his bill passes, it would
cost taxpayers $40 million in the next two years.
Rep. Matt Garcia, D-San Antonio, sponsor of a
bill identical to the senator’s, feels much the
same way about the chance of his bill’s approval
— concerned but optimistic.
“I would have liked the matter to have been
through sooner,” Garcia said. “I think the longer
it takes the more pressure it will be for them to
vote out a bilingual education package. But I feel
it will be voted out of committee favorably and
voted favorably out of the full membership of the
House.
“Ordinarily, I would get nervous about the
status of the bill, but there is a federal judgment
mandating bilingual education and a task force
appointed that has already spoken to it.”
A Governor’s Task Force on Bilingual Educa
tion recommended in April the state establish
and provide increased funding for bilingual edu
cation from kindergarten through elementary
grades.
The task force also recommended optional lan
guage programs be provided through eighth
grade for students identified as having limited
English speaking ability. The programs could
include instruction in English as a second lan
guage, biligual education or other methods, the
report said.
Both bills by Truan and Garcia comply with
the task force report, but address more explicitly
such matters as entry and exit criteria and moni-
tering.
Truan thinks the work of the task force slowed
down action on his Senate version.
“The governor’s task force delayed us,” he
said. “We (the task force) ended our work on
April 15 and have been having drafts of legisla
tion that we’ve looked at to implement the re
commendations. There has been a lot of activity
behind the scenes, but not necessarily out in the
open.”
Garcia said many Texans do not understand
what bilingual education is.
“They think it’s going to be a horrendous ex
pense and it’s not going to do anything. But it’s
not going to be horrendous and it is going to do
something,”he said.
Garcia said his measure should be reported out
of committee next week.
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United Press International
HOUSTON — Homeowners
along the San Jacinto River kept
their fingers crossed Tuesday
watching water levels along the
already swollen river banks, hop
ing the forecast scattered showers
would not cause flooding.
Officials of the San Jacinto Riv
er Authority at Lake Houston said
Tuesday there were no flooding
problems near Conroe at the dam.
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ring any more rain, we may be
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well said.
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tered showers during the after
noon would probably cause some
street flooding, but the majority of
the thunderstorm activity had
moved east towards Louisiana.
The persistent weekend rains
caused at least one death and
forced several families to evacuate
their homes late Sunday as water
leyels in homes rose. By Monday,
water in streets, homes and high
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runoff caused threatening condi
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Harris County Flood control
office. “I just hope it stays that
way. ”
Although the river was not at
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usually 3-foot-deep water was me
asured to be 13.8-feet deep at In
terstate 45 near Conroe.
Judge OK’s
using dogs
to find drugs
United Press International
HOUSTON — A federal judge
has dismissed a civil rights lawsuit
challenging a suburban school dis
trict’s use of dogs to sniff out drugs
and alcohol in the classroom and in
students’ lockers and cars.
U.S. District Judge Robert
O’Conor ruled Monday Goose
Creek Independent School Dis
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rights and dismissed the lawsuit
filed for three Sterling High
School students by the American
Civil Liberties Union.
“When school officials have
reasonable cause to believe that
activity is occurring on a school
campus which jeopardizes the
health and safety of students, war
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said.
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