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Arizona education chief: Feds looking at claims of English bias

  • 09-10-2010
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USA Today

Arizona's education chief says the federal government has launched an investigation into whether the state discriminates against teachers who are nonnative English speakers. The probe was launched by the U.S. Departments of Justice and Education. It's the most recent of several federal investigations aimed at Arizona, which has been in the spotlight for its law targeting illegal immigrants, Senate Bill 1070. "It may be that the Senate Bill 1070 issue is causing some sort of campaign, I don't know, by the federal government against Arizona," State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne told The Arizona Republic. (more…)


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