Let me explain what the amendment will do. upon its passage by Congress and ratification by threefourths of the States: It will establish English as the official language of State. Federal. and local government business. It will abolish requirements for bilingual election materials. It will allow transitional instruction in English for nonEnglishspeaking students. but do away with requirements for foreignlanguage instruction in other academic subjects. It will end the false promise being made to new immigrants that English is unnecessary for them. On the other hand. and this is important. there are things the amendment will not do: It will not prevent the use of any other language within communities. churches. or cultural schools. That is.
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