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 102 STAT. 274

PUBLIC LAW 100-297—APR. 28, 1988 "(1) The term 'community-based organization' means a private nonprofit organization which is representative of a community or significant segments of a community and which has a proven record of providing effective educational or related services to individuals in the community. "(2) The term 'basic skills' includes reading, writing, mathematics, and computational proficiency as well as comprehension and reasoning.

Biimguai Education Act 20 USC 3281.

"TITLE VII—BILINGUAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS "SEC. 7001. SHORT TITLE.

"This title may be cited as the 'Bilingual Education Act'. 20 USC 3282.

"SEC. 7002. POLICY; APPROPRIATIONS.

"(a) POLICY.—Recognizing— "(1) that there are large and growing numbers of children of limited English proficiency; "(2) that many of such children have a cultural heritage which differs from that of English proficient persons; "(3) that the Federal Government has a special and continuing obligation to assist in providing equal educational opportunity to limited English proficient children; "(4) that, regardless of the method of instruction, programs which serve limited English proficient students have the equally important goals of developing academic achievement and English proficiency; "(5) that the Federal Government has a special and continuing obligation to assist language minority students to acquire the English language proficiency that will enable them to become full and productive members of society; "(6) that the instructional use and development of a child's non-English native language promotes student self-esteem, subject matter achievement, and English-language acquisition; "(7) that a primary means by which a child learns is through the use of such child's native language and cultural heritage; "(8) that, therefore, large numbers of children of limited English proficiency have educational needs which can be met by the use of bilingual educational methods and techniques; "(9) that in some school districts establishment of bilingual education programs may be administratively impractical due to the presence of small numbers of students of a particular native language or because personnel who are qualified to provide bilingual instructional services are unavailable; "(10) that States and local school districts should be encouraged to determine appropriate curricula for limited English proficient students within their jurisdictions and to develop and implement appropriate instructional programs; "(11) that children of limited English proficiency have a high dropout rate and low median years of education; "(12) that the segregation of many groups of limited English proficient students remains a serious problem; "(13) that reliance on student evaluation procedures which are inappropriate for limited English proficient students have

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