A judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by Arizona’s schools chief that challenged programs that some school districts use to teach non-English speaking students. Dual language programs involve students spending half the day learning English and the other half focusing on another language.
FILE - Then-Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne talks to the media, Oct. 17, 2014, in Phoenix. On Tuesday, March 5, 2024, a Maricopa County Superior Court judge dismissed a lawsuit by Horne, now Arizona’s superintendent of public instruction, challenging programs that some school districts use to teach non-English speaking students. Horne said he will appeal the ruling.
In dismissing the case, Cooper ruled districts are required to use language immersion models approved by the state Board of Education, and the dual language models used by the 10 districts named in the lawsuit had that approval. Last year, Mayes issued an opinion at the request of Democrats in the Arizona Legislature that concluded only the state education board, and not the superintendent of public instruction, has the authority to decide whether schools are in compliance with state laws governing how schools teach English language learners.
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