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| | Associated Press, April 27, 1998 |
 | | The schools assess their ability, then place them in programs that teach in both their native language and in English. |
 | | "It would, for the first time since the 1970s, mandate a single program for the entire state, taking kids out of their regular classrooms and creating a single classroom," said Holli Thier, a spokesman woman for the opponents. |
 | | Bilingual education programs exist nationwide, with particular concentrations of non-English-speaking children in Texas, New York, Florida and Illinois. |
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