Educating English Learners in California

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8
PROGRAM #10538 11:00 AM PT

Educating English Learners in California. 

Advocates for English learners are celebrating the signing of AB 2074 into law. They call it a big shift from the days of Proposition 227 and English-only classrooms. This legislation is a key step forward in implementing the California English Learner Roadmap—a policy meant to provide guidance to districts and county offices of education throughout California. What’s the law’s plan to implement the roadmap’s policies? What would this roadmap mean in the life of English Learner students and families?

Guest: Cristina Salazar, Legislative Advocate, Californians Together, Los Angeles, CA.

Ups and Downs for Farm Worker Protections. California Gov. Newsom announced that he vetoed, again, a bill seeking to extend unemployment benefits to undocumented immigrants. Newsom also blocked a bill to protect California farmworkers from extreme heat and to file heat illness compensation claims. On the other hand, Newsom signed a bill (SB 1105), which allows farmworkers to use accrued paid sick leave during heat, flooding or smoke conditions when there is a local or state emergency.

Guest: Irene De Barraicua, Director of Policy and Communications, Líderes Campesinas, Sacramento, CA.

Homeless and Farm Worker Housing. California Gov. Newsom announced millions in grants to local governments to provide shelter or housing to help people experiencing homelessness in encampments. On other news, Newsom cut off state funding to the city of Norwalk after its local government banned new homeless shelters. Finally, in previous days, he signed two bills to boost access to affordable housing for California’s farmworkers and make it easier to build farmworker housing.

Guest: Elena Popp, Executive Director, Eviction Defense Network, Los Angeles, CA, today from Mexico City; excerpts from recent statements by California Governor, Gavin Newsom, and Assemblymenber Dr. Joaquin Arambula (D-Fresno).

Photo: Kenny Eliason/Unsplash

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