Legislation & Litigation - MTSS 2022 by Marybelle Marrero-Colon https://padlet.com/mmarrerocolon/vdkde7ipkmco927h Listing of laws and Supreme Court Cases affecting Bilingual, ESOL, and Special Education en-us 2022-04-29 12:35:48 UTC 2022-10-20 16:54:24 UTC hello@padlet.com 1923 - Meyers v. Nebraska mmarrerocolon https://padlet.com/mmarrerocolon/vdkde7ipkmco927h/wish/2164216569 In a major victory for language-minority parents and communities, the Supreme Court struck down the states' restrictive legislation, ruling, in essence, that whereas state governments can legislate the language used for instruction in schools, states may not pass laws that attempt to prevent communities from offering private language classes outside of the regular school system.]]> 2022-04-29 12:35:49 UTC https://padlet.com/mmarrerocolon/vdkde7ipkmco927h/wish/2164216569 1954 - Brown vs Topeka, Kansas Board of Education mmarrerocolon https://padlet.com/mmarrerocolon/vdkde7ipkmco927h/wish/2164219726 Landmark case calling for an end to segregation in U.S. Schools. ]]> 2022-04-29 12:37:57 UTC https://padlet.com/mmarrerocolon/vdkde7ipkmco927h/wish/2164219726 1974 - Lau vs Nichols mmarrerocolon https://padlet.com/mmarrerocolon/vdkde7ipkmco927h/wish/2164219896 In Lau v. Nichols, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the Department of Education's May 25, 1970, Memorandum, that directed school districts to take steps to help ELL students overcome language barriers and to ensure that they can participate meaningfully in the districts' educational programs.]]> 2022-04-29 12:38:06 UTC https://padlet.com/mmarrerocolon/vdkde7ipkmco927h/wish/2164219896 1975 - Aspira vs the NY Board of Ed. mmarrerocolon https://padlet.com/mmarrerocolon/vdkde7ipkmco927h/wish/2164220152 Class action to correct the injury to many thousands of public school children who speak Spanish and little or no English and were alleged to suffer discriminatory and inadequate schooling because the instruction offered them was mainly or only in English. ]]> 2022-04-29 12:38:17 UTC https://padlet.com/mmarrerocolon/vdkde7ipkmco927h/wish/2164220152 RESOURCE! mmarrerocolon https://padlet.com/mmarrerocolon/vdkde7ipkmco927h/wish/2164220417 Listing of landmark Supreme Court cases involving Special Education]]> 2022-04-29 12:38:29 UTC https://padlet.com/mmarrerocolon/vdkde7ipkmco927h/wish/2164220417 1972 - Mills vs Board of Education for the District of Columbia mmarrerocolon https://padlet.com/mmarrerocolon/vdkde7ipkmco927h/wish/2164220513 The Mills class action lawsuit was brought on behalf of seven school-age children who had been denied placement in a public educational program because of alleged disabilities.]]> 2022-04-29 12:38:33 UTC https://padlet.com/mmarrerocolon/vdkde7ipkmco927h/wish/2164220513 2006 - IDEA & ELLs - Part B - Issue Brief mmarrerocolon https://padlet.com/mmarrerocolon/vdkde7ipkmco927h/wish/2164221455 The current IDEA Part B final regulations, released in 2006, continue to support appropriate service delivery to culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) populations. ]]> 2022-04-29 12:39:21 UTC https://padlet.com/mmarrerocolon/vdkde7ipkmco927h/wish/2164221455 1985 - Jose P. vs Ambach mmarrerocolon https://padlet.com/mmarrerocolon/vdkde7ipkmco927h/wish/2164221899 Plaintiffs alleged that handicapped Hispanic children required bilingual-bicultural special education programs and were not being promptly evaluated and placed.]]> 2022-04-29 12:39:41 UTC https://padlet.com/mmarrerocolon/vdkde7ipkmco927h/wish/2164221899 1968 Bilingual Education Act/Legislation https://padlet.com/mmarrerocolon/vdkde7ipkmco927h/wish/2166711443 Citing its recognition of "the special educational needs of the large numbers children of limited English-speaking ability in the United States," the Act stipulated that the federal government would provide financial assistance for innovative bilingual programs.]]> 2022-05-02 13:03:20 UTC https://padlet.com/mmarrerocolon/vdkde7ipkmco927h/wish/2166711443 1978 - Castaneda v. Pickard https://padlet.com/mmarrerocolon/vdkde7ipkmco927h/wish/2166953203 2022-05-02 15:33:26 UTC https://padlet.com/mmarrerocolon/vdkde7ipkmco927h/wish/2166953203 1968 - Bilingual Education Act rcohen57 https://padlet.com/mmarrerocolon/vdkde7ipkmco927h/wish/2168895429 2022-05-03 19:56:28 UTC https://padlet.com/mmarrerocolon/vdkde7ipkmco927h/wish/2168895429 Overview of EL rights kathleenporterfield1 https://padlet.com/mmarrerocolon/vdkde7ipkmco927h/wish/2172156121 Nice summary of the rights of ELs]]> 2022-05-05 23:04:07 UTC https://padlet.com/mmarrerocolon/vdkde7ipkmco927h/wish/2172156121 https://padlet.com/mmarrerocolon/vdkde7ipkmco927h/wish/2176393924 2022-05-09 20:15:01 UTC https://padlet.com/mmarrerocolon/vdkde7ipkmco927h/wish/2176393924 The Dear Colleague letter of 2015 is the most recent and important piece of legislation in my opinion of our decade, (century?) The underpinnings of this document are reflected throughout the Every Student Succeeds Act, and are the outline for successful EL programs in every state. Posted by Kim Peterson 5/10/22 https://padlet.com/mmarrerocolon/vdkde7ipkmco927h/wish/2177575853 2022-05-10 13:15:58 UTC https://padlet.com/mmarrerocolon/vdkde7ipkmco927h/wish/2177575853 Increasing Diversity of Educators in Chicago to Improve Student Outcomes https://padlet.com/mmarrerocolon/vdkde7ipkmco927h/wish/2337672876 https://chicago.chalkbeat.org/2022/9/13/23351591/chicago-public-schools-depaul-university-recruit-retain-teachers-federal-grants]]> 2022-10-12 20:49:47 UTC https://padlet.com/mmarrerocolon/vdkde7ipkmco927h/wish/2337672876 ELLs are invisible in NJ Schools https://padlet.com/mmarrerocolon/vdkde7ipkmco927h/wish/2345555918 2022-10-18 17:10:48 UTC https://padlet.com/mmarrerocolon/vdkde7ipkmco927h/wish/2345555918 2011 - Feds Prompt Massachusetts to Require ELL Training for Teachers https://padlet.com/mmarrerocolon/vdkde7ipkmco927h/wish/2345852577 Massachusetts will take steps to require training for teachers who teach academic content to English language learners. More than 45,000 teachers across the state will need this "continued training".]]> 2022-10-18 20:25:21 UTC https://padlet.com/mmarrerocolon/vdkde7ipkmco927h/wish/2345852577 1974 Equal Educational Opportunities Act https://padlet.com/mmarrerocolon/vdkde7ipkmco927h/wish/2349416202 "The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is the landmark legislation prohibiting discrimination in several areas including housing, employment, and education.

Additionally, the Equal Educational Opportunities Act of 1974 prohibits, among other conduct, deliberate segregation on the basis of race, color, and national origin.

Section 1703(f) of the EEOA requires state educational agencies (SEAs) and school districts to take action to overcome language barriers that impede English Language Learner (ELL) students from participating equally in state and district educational programs. As part of its efforts to enforce the EEOA, the Section investigates complaints that SEAs or school districts are not providing adequate services to ELL students or are failing to take appropriate action in other ways.

Examples of conditions that may violate the EEOA include when a school district or SEA does the following:

6. fails to provide language acquisition assistance to ELL students because they receive special education services, or fails to provide special education services to ELL students when they qualify for special education services;and
7. excludes ELL students from gifted and talented programs based on their limited English proficiency."

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