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Module 1

Legal and Historical Foundations

Arizona SEI Required Framework Components

2 Hours Revised March 2021

Learning Goal

In this module, you will learn about the legal cases that impacted the policies and laws governing

language instruction and language acquisition methodology in Arizona and the United States for

English Language Learners including:

• Lau v. Nichols

• Castaneda v. Pickard

• Plyer v. Doe

• Flores v. Arizona

• Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)

• Bilingual Education Act - Title VII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act

(ESEA)

• Arizona Proposition 203 (Led to the creation of our state’s SEI program)

• Arizona House Bill 2281& 2064

• Arizona’s “Move On When Reading”

• Elementary and Secondary Act Flexibility

• No Child Left Behind • Race to the Top

You will know you are successful with this module if you can discuss how each of the above

court cases and pieces of legislation impacted instruction for EL students in the United States and

Arizona.

Module Instructions

• Review each of the below module resources found in the Google drive folder for module 1 and the

resources located at Welcome to OELAS | Arizona Department of Education (azed.gov) (Click on

Legislation)

• Read Wright’s Chapter 4.

• Follow the assignment instructions below to create a 4-question quiz.

Module Resources

• Welcome to OELAS | Arizona Department of Education (azed.gov) (Click on Legislation)

• Read Wright Chapter 4 (Language and Education Policy for English Language Learners)

o No Child Left Behind

o Bilingual Education Act

o Elementary and Secondary Act Flexibility

o Race to the Top

• Review Plyer vs. Doe case located in the Module 1 Google Folder

• Review Proposition 203 located in the Module 1 Google Folder

• Review Flores vs. Arizona case located in the Module 1 Google Folder

• Review Summary of Arizona House Bill 2281 in 2010. Just look at the Introduced Version of the

bill. Located in the Module 1 Google Folder.

• Review Arizona House Bill 2064 located at:

• https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/47leg/2r/bills/hb2064c.pdf

• Review the Arizona Department of Education’s (ADE) website page Move On When Reading

located at: http://www.azed.gov/mowr/

• Review definition of Title VII Bilingual Education Act located at: U.S. ED - OCR - ELL Programs

- Glossary

Module 1 Assignment

For this assignment, you will create a 4-question quiz that focuses the quiz taker on the important court

cases and pieces of legislation that have strongly impacted the education of Els in our state and country.

Part I

The 4 questions you create must adhere to the following criteria:

• Questions may not be yes or no questions

• Questions may be multiple choice, but they must require the responder to defend their response.

• Questions may be open-ended, short answer responses (1 to 2 paragraphs) that show critical

thought

• Questions must require the responder to critically think about the important court cases and pieces

of legislation that have significantly impacted the education of Els in this country.

• Each question must address a different court case or piece of legislation.

Part II

You will also provide an answer key for your 4 questions that highlight what exemplary responses should

look like.