Flores v. Arizona School-Finance Lawsuit and Proposition 203, Arizona's English-Only Law

Having ruled that the State of Arizona failed to adequately fund English as a Second Language (ESL) programs for about 200,000 students who are classified as English language learners (ELL) in the Flores v. Arizona lawsuit, the state legislature has been trying to find a way to adequately fund those programs. Participants learned how Arizona’s English-learner plan will impact the state and the rest of the country and how the State’s Proposition 203, which eliminated bilingual education in Arizona in 2000, is related.

Presider:

• Harry Garewal, CUBE Steering Committee member and board member, Phoenix Union High School District #210, Phoenix, AZ

Presenters:

• Linda J. Lopez, Board Member, Sunnyside Unified School District #12, Tucson, AZ and state representative, State of Arizona Legislature
• Tim Hogan, Executive Director, Arizona Center for Law in the Public Interest