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          Date of Hearing:   April 30, 2009

                             ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON RULES
                                 Ted W. Lieu, Chair
                  ACR 27 (Davis) - As Introduced:  February 18, 2009
           
          SUBJECT  :   Language education:  World Languages and Cultures  
          Month.

           SUMMARY  :   Declares the month of May 2009 as World Languages and  
          Cultures Month, encourages all educational communities in  
          California to celebrate languages and cultures with appropriate  
          pupil activities and programs, and urges all residents to become  
          interested in and give full support to quality language and  
          cultural programs for all pupils in California schools.   
          Specifically,  this resolution  makes the following legislative  
          findings:  

          1)The conditions of the current international economy and the  
            security needs of the United States require that Californians  
            be able to interact effectively with persons from different  
            cultural backgrounds; and proficiency in more than one  
            language enhances communication and strengthens positive  
            interactions among people in the United States and around the  
            world.  

          2)On January 7, 2009, the State Board of Education approved the  
            content standards for teaching foreign languages in  
            kindergarten and grades 1 to 12, inclusive, which will  
            strengthen the teaching of languages and cultures to pupils in  
            California.

          3)During the month of May 2009, educational organizations  
            throughout California will sponsor special activities to  
            promote awareness of the importance of California residents  
            being able to interact successfully in multilingual and  
            multicultural contexts in the United States.

           FISCAL EFFECT  :   None

           REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION  :   

           Support 
           
          California Language Teachers Association (CLTA)








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           Opposition 
           
          None on file.

           
          Analysis Prepared by  :    Anna McCabe / RLS. / (916) 319-2800