H.R. 402·Elementary Intermediate
A Bill to Expand Bilingual Education in K-5
Rep. Reyes (D-TX)
Grants for K-5 dual-language programs in districts where >15% of students are English learners.
Sec. 1 — Mandate
Districts where more than 15% of students are English learners shall offer at least one dual-language K-5 program.
Sec. 2 — Standards
Programs must use a 50/50 model in two languages.
Sec. 3 — Funding
$420 million in competitive grants.
Sec. 4 — Enforcement
Title III review.
Tournament Prep
Mechanical parts, sourced & timed
Use this as your pre-round checklist. Memorize the source citation. Time yourself to the delivery target.
- Bill / Number
- H.R. 402 — A Bill to Expand Bilingual Education in K-5
- Funding source
- $420M from ED Title III.
- Timeline
- Implement within 24 months of grant award.
- Realistic — model exists in TX, CA, UT.
- Enforcing agency
- Office of English Language Acquisition.
- Yes — OELA already monitors Title III.
- Penalty for non-compliance
- Title III funding adjustment.
- Source citation
- Steele et al. (RAND, 2017), 'Effects of Dual-Language Immersion' — rand.org.
- Delivery time (read aloud)
- 1:00 (60s)
Strongest counter-argument
Dual-language slows English acquisition for newcomer students.
Your pre-emptive answer
RAND's Portland study (2017) followed students 7 years — dual-language EL students *outperformed* English-only EL peers on state ELA tests by grade 5. The premise is empirically false.