Date:  Fri, 8 Sep 1995 15:53:24 EDT

From:  Bruce Southard <ENSOUTHA[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]ECUVM.CIS.ECU.EDU>

Subject: Re: English-Only States



USA Today's Thursday edition (9/7/95) had a map identifying the

twenty-two states with English-only laws. The map also gave the year the

legislation was passed. I was surprised to see North Carolina on the

list; evidently the legislation passed in 1987, a couple of years before

I moved here. There is currently litigation involving the state's

lackluster performance in providing ESL instruction. I'm surprised that

one side or the other hasn't raised the English-only issue.



Bruce Southard

English Department

East Carolina University

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