



The decree, signed August 29, 1974, established the right of New York City public school students with limited English proficiency to receive bilingual education. Instructors and other support personnel would be provided to the students who were in need of this assistance.ĪSPIRA Consent Decree. Quintero, Educaci ó n y cambio social en Puerto Rico: Una é poca cr í tica (2nd ed. In hopes to empower the community of Puerto Ricans in New York, through education.ĪSPIRA required all districts in the school system to meet financial requirements to implement a bilingual program by September 1975. This initiative owes much to previous thought and writing on education in Puerto Rico including the seminal work of the late Angel G. The main goal was to have bilingual education programs to meet the needs of non-English-speaking Puerto Rican children in the public schools. When Puerto Ricans in New York sought to obtain equal educational opportunity for children with limited English proficiency (LEP) by suing the New York City Board of Education in 1972.ĪSPIRA is a foundation created by Antonia Pantoja. The conduct of a trustee/board member must, at all times, further the institution's goals and not the member's personal or business interests.
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_abc Powtoon Transcript My name is Jessamy Sanchez, PDF In an era of re-segregation among school systems in the United States, we find ourselves revisiting times of forced school segregation (pre Brown. Trustee/board members owe allegiance to the institution and must act in good faith with the best interest of the institution in mind.
