More than 40% of students in the Alief Independent School District — about 20,000 children — are enrolled in bilingual education, English as a second language or other second language programs. #Texas House Bill 3 would pump $9 billion into the state’s public education system. But HB 3 doesn’t provide a significant funding boost for educating all English language learners — that funding has been flat since the early 1980s. Learn more at the link in our bio. #txlege #educationnews #bilingualeducation