Massachusetts Question 2 (2002)

Massachusetts Ballot Question 2 (2002) replaced Massachusetts education law providing for transitional bilingual education in public schools with a law requiring that all public school children be taught all subjects in English and be placed in English language classrooms, except under special circumstances^[1]. Opponents of the proposition said that the law would allow teachers to be personally sued for teaching in a language other than English, and the Massachusetts Legislature’s Joint Committee on Education, Arts and Humanities rejected the petition^[2], but it was approved into law by seventy percent of the voters^[3].

References

1. ^ Massachusetts Law
2. ^ Official Massachusetts Information for Voters
3. ^ STEVE SAILER, UPI National Correspondent (November 6, 2002). "Anti-Bilingualism Wins in Massachusetts". United Press International. http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2002/11/06/Anti-bilingualism-wins-in-Massachusetts/UPI-88131036573542/. Retrieved July 14, 2010.