I am offering them en blocmy second amendment would add language to the declaration of policy making it clear that the Congress does not intend transitional bilingual education programs to be used for students whose usual or dominant language is English. I believe this restoration of the original purpose of the program is necessary for two reasons: One. research has shown that approximately twothirds of the students meeting the definition of program eligibility contained in H.R. 11 speak English as their major language. Two. the rationale provided by this committee to support reauthorization of the Emergency Immigration Reauthorization Act. as well as projections for future growth in the number of limited English proficient students. point up the need to make sure that Federal assistance for teaching the English language is targeted on persons who are in fact limited English proficient and not on those who already know the language. Mr. Chairman.
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