Frank Riggs: “I would reverse the gentleman's argument and ask him if he is suggesting, going back to our home State of California…”

“I would reverse the gentleman's argument and ask him if he is suggesting, going back to our home State of California, that in every community where a majority of the electorate supported Proposition 227, that that decision should be binding on the local school district? As the gentleman knows, my legislation does not go that far. It allows the local school district to determine the bilingual instructional method most appropriate for that school, whether it is English language immersion, native language immersion, or dual immersion. So, it does not go nearly as far as Proposition 227. Again, Mr. Chairman, think the gentleman is on the right track. I think he makes a valid point that there could be a potential for conflict between Federal and State law. That should be, by definition, adjudicated and decided by the judicial branch of government and than that court order should be binding. That is why I am suggesting that his amendment should apply only to Federal court orders and not so broadly as to apply to Federal law.”