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Lau v. Nichols (1974) - ANSWER (1974) The failure of San Francisco schools to provide English-
language instruction to approximately 1,800 students of Chinese ancestry who do not speak
English, or to provide them with other adequate instructional procedures, denies them a
meaningful opportunity to participate in the public education program, and thus violates the
Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the 14th A.
Castañeda v. Pickard (1981) - ANSWER 1 - Program based on education theory
2 - Program practices include resources and personnel
3 - SD evaluate programs and make adjustment's where needs
ESEA (Elementary and Secondary Education Act) 1965 - ANSWER Title VII (1968), recognized the
leads of LEP students, first policy aiding language minority students providing federal funds for
SD
Proposition 227 - ANSWER An initiative passed by California voters in 1998 that required all
language minority students to be educated in sheltered English immersion programs, not
normally intended to exceed one year. Although it has not completely succeeded, Proposition
227 was designed to eliminate bilingual education from California's schools.
Mendez v. Westminster (1947) - ANSWER federal case that determined segregation of Mexican
and Mexican-American students in Orange County was unconstitutional
Williams v State of California 2000 - ANSWER plaintiffs sued the state to complain about
appalling conditions of public schools. included specific provisions state better bilingual
education instruction was needed. State settled and is making changed throughout the state