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Judge to rule on whether to proceed with English-learner order against state

The Arizona Daily Star

A federal judge is expected to decide today whether to put on hold his March order to lawmakers to provide more funding to help nearly 160,000 Arizona schoolchildren struggling to learn the English language.

U.S. District Judge Raner Collins had ruled that a funding scheme approved by state lawmakers last year to satisfy a seven-year-old court order violated federal law and did not provide adequate funding to school districts. He ordered lawmakers to address the issue by the end of the legislative session or face sanctions.

Lawmakers, who requested a stay of that order pending their appeal to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, adjourned Wednesday without providing more funding for English instruction. Collins told attorneys this week that it came to his attention that he had not yet ruled on the request for the stay and held a hearing Friday afternoon, said Amy Bjelland, an attorney for Senate Republicans.

Posted by Editor at June 25, 2007 07:54 AM

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