Aurora school board members have voted to oppose a ballot initiative that would limit bilingual education in Colorado classrooms.

Amendment 31 would “take educational control out of the hands of local communities and locally elected school boards. It is a general mold that ignores the individual needs of our children,” said board President Patricia Lord.

The proposed initiative on the November ballot would require English-language learners to spend no more than a year learning English alongside children with similar English skills.

After that, they’d be sent to mainstream classes unless their parents obtain a waiver.



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