Information Regarding Bilingual Education
[Pub. L. 100–297, title VI, § 6213], Apr. 28, 1988, [102 Stat. 429], as amended by [Pub. L. 104–66, title I, § 1042(a)], Dec. 21, 1995, [109 Stat. 715], provided that: “The Secretary shall collect data for program management and accountability purposes regarding—“(1) a national assessment of the educational needs of children and other persons with limited English proficiency and of the extent to which such needs are being met from Federal, State, and local efforts;“(2) a plan, including cost estimates, to be carried out during the 5-year period beginning on such date [sic], for extending programs of bilingual education and bilingual vocational and adult education programs to all such preschool and elementary schoolchildren and other persons of limited English proficiency, including a phased plan for the training of the necessary teachers and other education personnel necessary for such purpose;“(3) a statement of the activities intended to be carried out during the succeeding period, including an estimate of the cost of such activities; and“(4)(A) an assessment of the number of teachers and other educational personnel needed to carry out programs of bilingual education under such title [sic] and those carried out under other programs for persons of limited English proficiency;“(B) a statement describing the activities carried out thereunder designed to prepare teachers and other educational personnel for such programs; and“(C) the number of other educational personnel needed to carry out programs of bilingual education in the States.”
