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SFUSD board endorses California Proposition 58 to expand bilingual program flexibility
Summary
SFUSD Board of Education voted unanimously to endorse Proposition 58 (LEARN initiative), which restores local control over multilingual instruction and repeals key provisions of the 1998 Proposition 227. The board urged support alongside other state measures.
The San Francisco Unified School District Board of Education voted Tuesday to endorse California Proposition 58, the Language Education Acquisition and Readiness Now (LEARN) initiative on the Nov. 8, 2016 ballot.
Special Assistant Christina Wong outlined Prop 58's intent: to recognize multilingual skills as critical to students' future opportunities, to remove English-only presumptive placements tied to Proposition 227 (1998), and to allow local districts to determine language-instruction approaches in consultation with language experts and parents. The requested action before the board was a formal endorsement of the measure; the board voted and recorded six ayes.
Commissioners generally expressed support; one commissioner urged the board and community to work hard on passing Prop 58 along with other statewide measures that affect district funding. The board's endorsement signals institutional support for restoring and expanding opportunities for bilingual and multilingual instruction at the local level.
What happens next: The board encouraged staff and commissioners to support local outreach to help pass Prop 58 and related measures in the November election.
