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1. I have the right to access the core curriculum because “students who do not understand English are effectively foreclosed from any meaningful education.” (Lau v. Nichols, 1974)

2. I have the right to an equitable education – which is different from equal – because “there is no equality of treatment merely by providing students with the same facilities, textbooks, teachers, and curriculum.” (Lau v. Nichols, 1974)

3. I have the right to “a program informed by an educational theory recognized as sound by experts in the field.” (Castañeda v. Pickard, 1981)

4. I have the right to a program that’s “implemented effectively with resources and personnel necessary to put theory into practice.” (Castañeda v. Pickard, 1981)

5. I have the right to a program that’s evaluated and adjusted “where necessary to ensure that adequate progress is being made.” (Castañeda v. Pickard, 1981)

6. I have the right to be tested for gifted and talented programs using assessment that measures my intellect and not my “command of standard English and grammar” obtained by standardized intelligence tests. (Hobson v. Hanson, 1967; Larry P. v. Riles, 1979)

7. I have the right to be tested for special education program in my primary language. (Diana v. State Board of Education, 1970)

8. I have the right to an education regardless of my parents’ legal status because “the undocumented status of these children [or not] does not establish a sufficient rational basis for denying them benefits that the State affords other residents.” (Plyler v. Doe, 1982)

9. I have the right to feel safe at school regardless of my immigration status because “no information about my status can be used to deny [my] enrollment.” (League of Latin American Citizens v. Wilson, 1997)

1. I have the right to access the core curriculum because “students who do not understand English are effectively foreclosed from any meaningful education.” (Lau v. Nichols, 1974)

2. I have the right to an equitable education – which is different from equal – because “there is no equality of treatment merely by providing students with the same facilities, textbooks, teachers, and curriculum.” (Lau v. Nichols, 1974)

3. I have the right to “a program informed by an educational theory recognized as sound by experts in the field.” (Castañeda v. Pickard, 1981)

4. I have the right to a program that’s “implemented effectively with resources and personnel necessary to put theory into practice.” (Castañeda v. Pickard, 1981)

5. I have the right to a program that’s evaluated and adjusted “where necessary to ensure that adequate progress is being made.” (Castañeda v. Pickard, 1981)

6. I have the right to be tested for gifted and talented programs using assessment that measures my intellect and not my “command of standard English and grammar” obtained by standardized intelligence tests. (Hobson v. Hanson, 1967; Larry P. v. Riles, 1979)

7. I have the right to be tested for special education program in my primary language. (Diana v. State Board of Education, 1970)

8. I have the right to an education regardless of my parents’ legal status because “the undocumented status of these children [or not] does not establish a sufficient rational basis for denying them benefits that the State affords other residents.” (Plyler v. Doe, 1982)

9. I have the right to feel safe at school regardless of my immigration status because “no information about my status can be used to deny [my] enrollment.” (League of Latin American Citizens v. Wilson, 1997)