Truan discusses the coalition formed between the bilingual education and adult education lobbies and how the bills for both types of educational programs were promoted together in the legislature. Truan was able to acquire 77 cosponsors for his bilingual education bill which was permissive. However, Chet Brooks who sponsored bilingual education in the Senate was able to pass a mandatory bill. Carlos credits Bernal being Anglo and his status in the legislature as giving his bill the credibility to pass. Truan replaced his bill with Brook's mandatory bill. Even though Truan's cosponsors agreed to support a permissive bill, Truan states that these representatives felt honor bound to support the replacement mandatory bill. Truan also addresses that also in 1973, legislation to add a kindergarten level was passed; Truan and Brook's legislation provided mandatory education for the first through third grades. Rather than trying to add kindergarten to their legislation, Truan and Brooks decided to implement bilingual education legislation for kindergarten in the next legislative session.