However. as I will point out as we get into the debate. our legislation coming out of the committee is much more reasonable. much more moderate and flexible than the voter approved mandate of Proposition 227 in California. I just want to parenthetically make a quick point. which I think the chairman made earlier. that we should not limit this debate or focus this debate solely on Spanish language or traditional EnglishSpanish bilingual education. Because. in fact. if we are going to meet the needs of immigrant American children. bilingual education. by definition. has to encompass many. many more languages than just Spanish. In fact. going back to California for just a moment. sitting there on the Pacific Rim. with California businesses and industries doing more and more business in the Orient. one could argue that as a second language it is probably as important. if not more important. that our children learn an Asian language. or Asian dialect. as it might be for them to learn Spanish. But that. again. is not really what this debate is about.
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