What Would an Officially Spanish-Speaking State Mean?
Those who argue that a Spanish-speaking state would be little different from a state with a large number of Spanish speakers do have some points in their favor. Just as federal law has been interpreted to mean that states like Texas must teach the children of Spanish speakers to speak and read Spanish first, even if they arrive at school speaking a mixture of English and Spanish, such laws could be used to accomplish the same purpose in Puerto Rico. Several Puerto Rican organizations based in the mainland United States have, after all, supported bilingual education programs for years. When the then-Committee on Labor and Public Welfare of the U.S. Senate took up the issue of bilingual education in 1967, Mrs. Hilda Koenig, representing the Congreso De Pueblos, “a federation of Puerto Rican hometown groups,” testified that: [I]t definitely believes that the infusion of Federal funds for the . . . development of programs to maintain and enhance Puerto Rican culture, history, and the Spani
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