Arizona could again face financial sanctions for failing to provide adequate funding to teach English to an estimated 160,000 schoolchildren struggling to learn the language. On Monday, a federal District Court judge refused to put on hold his March order that the state revamp its funding scheme for English language learner programs by the end of the legislative session. Lawmakers adjourned last week without addressing the issue, instead seeking a stay of the order and holding out hope that a higher court would side with them on appeal. \

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