"Our middle school has not made safe harbor because of our ELL population and special education students. "How you can expect someone who has been in the United States for less than a year to take a content test in another language is unfathomable. How you can expect the rest of the community not to resent them is likewise beyond comprehension. This law has exacerbated tensions between cultures in my town.

 "As the mother of and teacher of students with reading difficulties, I submit that asking them to read at grade level despite their learning disabilities is like asking a kid in a wheelchair to run track and failing him if he can't. It is cruel.

"Revise this law and fund its mandates."

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