jan 4, 1978 - 1978 Title VII Amendments to the BEA

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The 1978 reauthorization of the Bilingual Education Act emerged in a national climate that was becoming increasingly anti-immigrant, and bilingual programming was regarded as a misuse of federal funding by an increasing population. As a result, the Title VII amendments changed the focus from bilingual education to transitional programming, meaning the focus became transitioning to English proficiency rather than maintaining the home language. Other changes included a changing student label from “limited English speaking ability (LESA) to “limited English proficient (LEP) thereby furthering deficit view of bilingual students’ abilities, allowing 40% of enrollment in bilingual programs to be English-speaking students, and ending federal funding for home language maintenance programs.

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