Lau vs Nichols
Lau vs Nichols 1974 Lau v. Nichols was a Supreme Court case that examined whether federally funded schools must offer supplementary English language courses to non-English-speaking students. In 1971, a federal decree integrated the San Francisco Unified School District. As a result, the district became responsible for the education of nearly 3,000 non-English-speaking students of Chinese ancestry. All classes were taught in English in accordance with the district handbook. Supplemental materials were provided to improve English language proficiency to approximately only 1,000 of the non-English-speaking students. However, it failed to provide any additional instruction or materials to the remaining 1,800 students. Lau versus Nichols determined that providing CDL students with the same textbooks, teachers, and curriculum as English speaking students is not equitable. The Supreme Court ruled that refusing to provide non-English speaking students with supplemental langua...