Regional Interstate Planning Project Program... Bilingual/Multicultural Education Seminar Report (San Antonio, Texas, November 17, 18, 19, 1976).

Sponsored by 10 State departments of education (Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah, and Wyoming), the Project participants met in San Antonio, Texas, on November 17-19, 1976 to discuss bilingual/multicultural education. Since Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas have had significant experience in this field and have moved forward in the development of policy and programs in the area of bilingual education, Project representatives from these states were asked to give presentations discussing the state-of-the-art of bilingual/multicultural education. Participants also visited the Institute of Texas Cultures and six local bilingual educational programs; listened to a group of junior high school students who shared their experience in crossing racial barriers; and listened to a discussion of a unique and challenging program developed for the Bay City (Texas) Independent School District. Presentations covered bilingual education and evaluation problems, the Bureau of Indian Education, the "Lau" issue, language assessment and a sociolinguistic alternative to the Lau remedies, and the present state of bilingual education. This report gives the presentations and a synopsis of the other activities. Also included are the participants' responses to an evaluation of the seminar. (NQ)