H.R. 6 requires State and local taxpayers to pay $7 to $8 for every dollar of Federal funding provided for bilingual education. H.R. 6 authorizes over $1 billion for bilingual education over the term of the reauthorization. which represents and requires $8 billion in matching spending from State and local education agencies. Not only is bilingual education costly. it simply has not worked. The original purpose of our bilingual education program was simple: to teach immigrants English quickly and effectively. Bilingual education has gotten away from that simple and important goal. and is hurting those that it was intended to help. Similarly. the purpose of H.R. 6 was simple: To provide funding for the improvement of Americas public education system.
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