Chairman. I rise today to state my strong opposition to H.R. 3892. I am a strong supporter of bilingual education. however. instead of bolstering federal effo rts to help immigrant children. this bill penalizes them. This bill also does not advance our national education policy. H.R. 3892 does not attempt to establish criteria for teachers and school districts. nor does it set realistic goals for our children. This bill instead restricts local school districts and jeopardizes successful bilingual education programs by cutting federal support for teacher training and virtually eliminating successful programs that currently help immigrant children. In fact. this bill even lowers academic standards and expectations for immigrant children by focusing exclusively on English language proficiency rather than math. science and history. H.R. 3892 jeopardizes these childrens futures by setting an arbitrary and unrealistic punitive twoyear federal mandate on their ability to master English. This in effect becomes a twoyear "impediment" to their educational future.
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