Dallas ISD eases demand for principals to speak Spanish - Texas

Posted on: October 27th, 2006
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“The Dallas school board has relaxed a policy that required elementary school principals in mostly Hispanic schools to learn Spanish by 2008.

A divided Dallas Independent School District board approved the rule in 2005, touching off a racially charged debate in a district made up of more than 65 percent Hispanic students and 30 percent non-English-speaking students.”

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