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Contains 28 Results:
State Bill 96 & State Bill 105 Part 1-2, February 19, 1975
Item — Box: 1, Cassette: 1
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Texas Senate Hearings
Dates:
Other: February 19, 1975
Scope and Contents
This recording is part one of two of a Texas Senate Education Committee hearing held on February 19, 1975. Chet Brooks presents his bill SB 102 and fellow senator Jack Ogg's bill SB 96, both regarding bilingual education in Texas. Brooks addresses that the bilingual education laws enacted by the Texas legislature in 1973 were passed before the kindergarten education level was added to Texas schooling. Because bilingual education should start at the first point of contact with children in the...
Ernesto Bernal, February 14 1979
Item — Box: 1, Cassette: 2, Side: A
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Interviews
Dates:
February 14 1979
Scope and Contents
Ernesto Bernal cites federal initiatives as a large influence towards passing bilingual education legislation in Texas. Under the Johnson administration in 1969, federal funding for bilingual education became available, thus creating an incentive to create bilingual education programs to receive federal money. However, federal court cases had less of an impact. Bernal argues that state government responds to federal cases only when it's convenient to do so. Otherwise, state government and...
Severo Gomez Part 1, February 14 1979
Item — Box: 1, Cassette: 3, Side: A
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Interviews
Dates:
February 14 1979
Scope and Contents
This recording is part 1 of 2 of an interview with Severo Gomez on February 14, 1979. Severo Gomez was the first Hispanic to serve on the board at the Texas Education Agency in 1960. Gomez and W. R. Goodson from the American Schools Overseas in Latin America department coordinated an international education program between Latin American countries and Alabama, Louisiana, Tennessee and Texas. During this program, Texas was connected with Guatemala in which Texas exchanged assistance with...
Jose Camacho and Michelle Gus Zamora Part 1, February 15 1979
Item — Box: 1, Cassette: 4, Side: B
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Interviews
Dates:
February 15 1979
Scope and Contents
This recording is part 1 of 2 of a conversation with Jose Camacho and Michelle Gus Zamora recalling their times working with Carlos Truan and Chet Brooks on bilingual education legislation. During the 1971 legislative session, Truan was not recognized by Speaker of the House Gus Mutscher because of his membership in the Dirty 30 in the wake of the Sharpstown Scandal. Truan and Brook's mandatory bilingual program legislation passed in 1973, and in 1974 Zamora began to work with Chet Brooks to...
Humberto Tati Santiesteban, February 15 1979
Item — Box: 1, Cassette: 2, Side: B
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Interviews
Dates:
February 15 1979
Scope and Contents
Former Texas legislator Humberto Tati Santiesteban describes how in the wake of the Sharpstown Scandal, House representatives in 1971 formed a group against Speaker of the House Gus Mutscher called the Dirty 30. Because Carlos Truan was a member of the Dirty 30, Mutscher refused to acknowledge Truan on the House floor for his bilingual education bill. Truan claimed that if his bill did not pass, it was Mutscher's fault, however Santiesteban counters that if Truan had denied himself the pride...
J.W. Edgar Part 1, February 15 1979
Item — Box: 1, Cassette: 5, Side: A
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Interviews
Dates:
February 15 1979
Scope and Contents
This recording is part 1 of 2 of an interview with J. W. Edgar on February 15, 1979. J. W. Edgar reflects on the political and legislative context for the introduction of bilingual education bills, but points out that the major reason bilingual education bills passed was due to the increase of representatives that supported such legislation. Other factors such as court cases against segregation, the HEW memorandum, and other events may have had an affect on the bills' passages, but not a...
Roger de los Santos, February 16 1979
Item — Box: 1, Cassette: 6, Side: A
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Interviews
Dates:
February 16 1979
Scope and Contents
Roger de los Santos discusses the opposition to bilingual education programs. He explains that educators and administrators saw bilingual education as a threat to the community and education system. They did not want to become aware of English-deficient children's needs and accommodate them, preferring to rather have the children fit into the current educational system. Additionally, the reinforcement of Spanish as an inferior language and the sentiments of people in American should speak...
Joe J. Bernal Part 1, February 19 1979
Item — Box: 1, Cassette: 6, Side: B
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Interviews
Dates:
February 19 1979
Scope and Contents
This recording is part 1 of 2 of an interview with Joe J. Bernal on February 19, 1979. Former Senator Joe J. Bernal recalls how the Texas Education Agency and Dr. J. W. Edgar responded to bilingual education legislation. To Bernal, Dr. Edgar in his mind was progressive enough to do things that were new and found him to be agreeable to bilingual education. However, Dr. Edgar was cautious to move into any issues that lacked legal precedence.
Bernal also points out that the law against...
Joe J. Bernal Part 2, February 19 1979
Item — Box: 1, Cassette: 7, Side: A
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Interviews
Dates:
February 19 1979
Scope and Contents
This recording is part 2 of 2 of an interview with Joe J. Bernal on February 19, 1979. Former Senator Joe J. Bernal discusses how Carlos Truan and himself were pro-civil rights, and thus against the Texas establishment. Speaker of the House Gus Mutscher however, was particularly pro-lobbyist and pro-establishment. Due to the Sharpstown Scandal and the formation of the Dirty 30 group, Truan and Mutscher were at odds. Mutscher inevitably was indicted and new leadership came to power in the...
Carlos Truan Part 1, February 20 1979
Item — Box: 1, Cassette: 7, Side: B
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Interviews
Dates:
February 20 1979
Scope and Contents
This recording is part 1 of 3 of an interview with Carlos F. Truan conducted on February 20, 1979. Truan recounts growing up in south Texas and going to an all Mexican school where speaking Spanish was punished. Always active in school activities such as sports and student council, Truan valued their competitive nature and foundation for working with others. After graduating from Texas A&I in Kingsville and starting to sell insurance in Corpus Christi, Truan became more aware of...
Carlos Truan Part 2, February 20 1979
Item — Box: 1, Cassette: 9, Side: A
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Interviews
Dates:
February 20 1979
Scope and Contents
This recording is part 2 of 3 of an interview with Carlos F .Truan conducted on February 20, 1979. Truan states that after he had been elected, Severo Gomez from the TEA had asked him to become part of an advisory committee on bilingual education to draft recommendations to the legislature. The Texas State Teachers' Association remained mostly on the sidelines until Representative Menton Murray presented a bill identical to that of Truan's. Truan believes that TSTA wanted to take the bill...
Carlos Truan Part 3, February 20 1979
Item — Box: 1, Cassette: 9, Side: B
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Interviews
Dates:
February 20 1979
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Series 2 of the collection consists of interviews conducted by Dr. Jose E. Vega throughout 1979. All but one of the interviews discuss federal and state policy and legislation relevant to bilingual education throughout the 1960s and 1970s. Of note are the interviews by Senator Carlos F. Truan, Sentor Chet Brooks, Hector P. Garcia of the American G.I. Forum, and Rudy Flores, former assistant to Governor Dolph Briscoe.
Hector P. Garcia, February 21 1979
Item — Box: 1, Cassette: 10, Side: A
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Interviews
Dates:
February 21 1979
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Hector P. Garcia represents the American G.I. Forum. In this interview, he discusses his organization's support of bilingual education, citing that both Anglo and Mexican American students would benefit from a non-segregated bilingual educational experience. However, Garcia notes that the Texas education system had no intention of educating Mexican-American students, instead encouraging them to drop out in grammar school.
Garcia also argues against the notion that people in Texas speak...
Marlin Brockette, February 23 1979
Item — Box: 1, Cassette: 10, Side: B
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Interviews
Dates:
February 23 1979
Scope and Contents
Marlin Brockette, the Texas Commissioner of Education, discusses the Texas Education Agency's stance on bilingual education. Brockette emphasizes the importance of the TEA's goal that each student should be able to develop skills to their maximum capacity.
Raul Longoria, February 26 1979
Item — Box: 1, Cassette: 11, Side: A
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Interviews
Dates:
February 26 1979
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Representative Raul Longoria discusses how bilingual education legislation's passage was encouraged by federal initiatives that provided federal funding. Additionally, the threat of taking away federal funding unless certain actions are performed also encourages states to follow guidelines.
Longoria notes that in the San Antonio v. Rodriguez case kids were not receiving equal education and he believed bilingual education would be able to help some of those affected. For kids that did not...