* Requires all public school instruction be conducted in English. * Requirement may be waived if parents or guardian show that child already knows English, or has special needs, or would learn English faster through alternate instructional technique. * Provides initial short-term placement, not normally exceeding one year, in intensive sheltered English immersion programs for children not fluent in English. * Appropriates $50 million per year for ten years funding English instruction for individuals pledging to provide personal English tutoring to children in their community. * Permits enforcement suits by parents and guardians.
Source for Popular Vote data: California Secretary of State. Statement of Vote 1998 Primary Election June 2, 1998, California Secretary of State (http://primary98.ss.ca.gov/Final/P98_SOV.pdf) (accessed 25 Feb 2007)