Teachers, school district disagree over new rules under Prop. 227 For the first time in years, Santa Rosa City Schools will have no students in bilingual classes this fall. The elimination of bilingual education is the newest result of Proposition 227, a 1998 voter-approved law that sought to limit instruction to English in California's public schools. Although the proposition allows parents who want their children instructed in other languages to receive waivers, it does not allow bilingual instruction unless at least 20 waivers are requested in any one grade. This year, for the first time, no Santa Rosa class had...