Proposition 203 Research Paper

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Federal and state laws govern the education system in the United States. In Arizona there are current laws that govern English Language Learners (ELLs), specifically Proposition 203, which Arizona voters approved and went into effect in 2001. Proposition 203 changed the law by removing bilingual education and putting the Structured English Immersion models into place instead, (Jost, K. (2009, December 16). Bilingual education vs. English immersion. The CQ Researcher Blog.). According to Proposition 203, the proposed changes were due to the claims that the majority of Arizonans speak English, immigrant parents want their children to learn English quickly, literacy in English is important to becoming a productive member of society, the previous

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