The importance of the Kildee Bilingual Education Act reauthorization bill rests largely on the fact that the Federal role. though small. has been critical in stimulating creative responses to the particular needs of languageminority students. It is well known that the number of Hispanic Americans has grown significantly over the last decade. The number of limited Englishproficient children also have increased because of the growing numbers of refugee and immigrant children in need of special educational services. Yesterday morning. the Washington Post featured articles on the particular impact of this situation in the northern Virginia area. The Kildee bill is an improved version of the current law.
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