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*3   TEXAS:  ENGLISH IS FOREIGN TO MANY
     More than one in four Houstonians don't speak English at
home, and 14% don't speak English well, according to U.S. Census
Bureau's statistics released this week (R.A. Dyer, HOUSTON
CHRONICLE).  The statewide report, released in DC, found 458,698
Houston residents, or 28%, speak a language other than English.
The data are based on a questionnaire mailed to 17.7 million U.S.
households during the 1990 census.
     University of Houston sociology professor Jacqueline Hagan
said serving growing numbers of non-English speakers may prove
discouraging for school districts.  "An adult could come here,
slip into a job and never speak English, but it could be scary
for a kid.  It could be very difficult for a child to get through
school without a bilingual program," she said (5/21).

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