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Board reviews language‑acquisition, transportation and CRPI budgets in desegregation study session
Summary
Tucson Unified administrators presented budget proposals tied to desegregation funding, including detailed briefings on language-acquisition programs and two‑way dual-language expansion, transportation costs and proposed staffing reductions, and CRPI staffing and nonpayroll cuts.
The Tucson Unified School District governing board continued a spring series of desegregation budget study sessions on April 15, receiving presentations on the Language Acquisition Department, Transportation and the Culturally Responsive Pedagogy and Instruction (CRPI) department and discussing proposed reductions ahead of the June budget decision.
Patricia Sandoval Taylor, director of the Language Acquisition Department, told trustees that language services support more than 12,000 students who speak another language at home, roughly 5,000 of whom currently qualify as English learners. She outlined four state‑approved program models used by the district — structured English immersion, pull‑out services, newcomer programs and two‑way dual language — and said two‑way dual language programs currently serve about 2,400 students across 12 schools.
Sandoval Taylor said roughly…
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