{"id":459158,"date":"2025-03-17T05:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-17T12:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/calmatters.org\/?p=459158"},"modified":"2025-03-18T17:17:26","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T00:17:26","slug":"bilingual-education-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/calmatters.org\/_ko\/education\/k-12-education\/2025\/03\/bilingual-education-2\/","title":{"rendered":"California wants more kids in bilingual classes \u2014 but won\u2019t spend enough to expand them"},"content":{"rendered":"
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As California gets closer to its 2030 goal of having 1,600 dual language immersion programs in the state\u2019s public schools and advocates call for a more ambitious vision, legislators have pumped the brakes on funding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2021, the Legislature created a $10 million grant program<\/a> to help schools expand dual language programs over the last three years, but now that money is gone. The only bill before the Legislature this session would have the state spend just half that over the next three years, with that $5 million going to buy or create books and other teaching materials in languages other than English. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Conor Williams, a senior fellow at The Century Foundation and an education policy expert, is a critic of California\u2019s limited investment in dual language immersion programs, which have students spend part of their school day learning in English and part of the day learning in another language. He said the new grant program \u201cfeels a little bit like replacing the windshield wipers when you\u2019ve got a flat tire \u2014 or two flat tires. You can fix them but you\u2019re not going anywhere until you address the tires.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\t\n\t\t

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Dual language immersion programs have become sought after by parents of all backgrounds wanting their children to become bilingual. In the 2023-24 school year, 1,075 schools had students enrolled in such programs, according to data from the California Department of Education, which puts the state on track to meet its 2030 goal<\/a>. The education department especially encourages schools to offer these programs to the children of immigrants because research shows<\/a> they help students learn English better and faster, close academic achievement gaps and lead to a host of beneficial long-term outcomes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Advocates like Williams want many more children from this group to have access to bilingual education. Yet data obtained from the Education Department show only 10% of English learners were in some type of bilingual program during the 2023-24 school year.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

To get a meaningful portion of these children a bilingual education, the state needs many more teachers. Yet no bills this session aim to address the bilingual teacher shortage. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is almost like gas in the tank,\u201d Williams said, continuing with his analogy. \u201cYou just can\u2019t do what everybody in California says they want to do in California until you fix the teacher pathway problem.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Global California 2030 projected the state would have 90 approved bilingual teacher preparation programs by 2025. Yet according to the state commission on teacher credentialing, there are  only 48<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As CalMatters reported in December<\/a>, the state\u2019s anemic bilingual education offerings are a direct result of a ban on such programs from 1998 to 2016 and the state\u2019s failure to create a systemic recovery since then. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recognizing the state\u2019s tight finances this budget year, advocates did not push for any major initiatives. But Asian Americans Advancing Justice Southern California worked with Assemblymember Mark Gonz\u00e1lez, a Los Angeles Democrat, to introduce Assembly Bill 865<\/a>, which calls for $5 million over the next three years to help schools either purchase or create instructional materials for bilingual programs. Outside of English and Spanish, it is difficult to find high-quality, standards-aligned materials, and the funding is expected to take the pressure off teachers to create their own. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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