Comprehensive Bilingual Education Amendments Act

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Comprehensive Bilingual Education Amendments Act - Authorizes to be appropriated to carry out the bilingual education provisions of this Act $135,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, and for each of the succeeding fiscal years ending prior to July 1, 1977; and there is further authorized to be appropriated for such purpose for each of such fiscal years such additional sums as the Congress may determine. Sets forth requirements for programs of bilingual education. Declares that if for any fiscal year the Commissioner of Education determines with respect to any State that: (1) the State educational agency of such State has developed high-quality leadership capabilities for the supervision of bilingual education programs in cooperation with local educational agencies in such State, or will for such fiscal year develop and maintain such capability; (2) there is in effect at the beginning of such fiscal year for such State a statute enacted under the constitution of such State designed to provide equal educational opportunity for children who speak primarily a language other than English through bilingual education programs; (3) there are a substantial number of bilingual e…